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Minister of State at the Department of Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs, Seán Kyne T.D., has announced today that the Draft Heads of the Bill, which is to be drafted in order to amend the Official Languages Act 2003, have now been published.

Minister of State Kyne said today:

I was pleased last Tuesday when I received permission from the Government to proceed with the drafting of a Bill to amend the Official Languages Act.  I welcome the positive response from particular individuals and groups, including An Coimisinéir Teanga, to the recommendations contained within the Draft Heads.  I am pleased now to publish these Draft Heads so that the general public can study them.  This is only the first step in this process, and I know that there is a lot of challenging work ahead.  But I am hopeful that our efforts will bear fruit and that we can draft a robust Language Bill that will benefit the language and the Irish-language and Gaeltacht communities.

The Draft Heads may be downloaded here.