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09/03/2017
Call For Irish Language Act To Be Brought Forward Immediately
Sinn Féin is calling for legislation for an Irish Language Act to be brought forward immediately.
The party made the call after a new Council of Europe (CoE) report urged the government to encourage the Executive to introduce language legislation.
Sinn Féin MLA Carál Ní Chuilín said the report from the CoE highlights the government's failures to the Irish Language community.
She said: "The report rightly points out the British Government's shortcomings on issues of legislation, strategy and provision.
"We support the call in this report, and from the Irish Language Community, that the British Government must take immediate action.
"The British government made a commitment to bring forward an Irish Language Act and has failed so far to honour its agreement.
"This failure was compounded by the DUP blocking an Irish Language Act at the Executive and an Irish Language Strategy, a Programme for Government commitment. If the current political talks are to have any value then agreements need to be implemented."
(CD/JP)
The party made the call after a new Council of Europe (CoE) report urged the government to encourage the Executive to introduce language legislation.
Sinn Féin MLA Carál Ní Chuilín said the report from the CoE highlights the government's failures to the Irish Language community.
She said: "The report rightly points out the British Government's shortcomings on issues of legislation, strategy and provision.
"We support the call in this report, and from the Irish Language Community, that the British Government must take immediate action.
"The British government made a commitment to bring forward an Irish Language Act and has failed so far to honour its agreement.
"This failure was compounded by the DUP blocking an Irish Language Act at the Executive and an Irish Language Strategy, a Programme for Government commitment. If the current political talks are to have any value then agreements need to be implemented."
(CD/JP)
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