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National Plan for Irish Language Public Services
From Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media
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The National Plan for Irish Language Public Services 2024-2030 is an ambitious and strategic 6-year plan.
It is the first ever Plan of its kind in the history of the State and a central element in the move towards a fully bilingual public service under the Official Languages Acts 2003 and 2021 .
This National Plan, which is based on five specific strategic themes, is intended to act as a roadmap for public bodies in terms of systematically increasing and improving the number and quality of Irish language public services that they provide. It will also provide a pathway to increasing the number of staff competent in Irish to facilitate the provision of these services, towards the Act’s 20% recruitment target i.e. that 20% of recruits to the public sector will be competent in Irish by 31 December 2030.
This National Plan is to be supported by two accompanying 3-Year Action Plans - one which will cover the period 2025-2027, and another which will cover the period 2028-2030. It is intended for the first Action Plan to be published in the coming months, following Government approval. Work is also underway in relation to the dates that are to be set in relation to Gaeltacht services and offices under Section 18E . More on this will follow in due course.
Overall responsibility for the preparation of this Plan fell on the Irish Language Services Advisory Committee , established under the Act, with a range of organisations from across the public sector represented at a senior level on it.
