Irish language action needed by European Parliament – Kelly

Separately, new Irish and Ulster-Scots language laws for Northern Ireland were introduced in 2022.

But key elements of that change have not yet come into effect.

An Office of Identity and Cultural Expression has not yet been established.

An Irish language commissioner and a Commissioner “for the Ulster-Scots and the Ulster-British tradition” have not yet been recruited either.

On 10 June, the Deputy First Minister Emma Little-Pengelly told the assembly that recruitment for the posts was “a lengthy process”.

“We are now waiting for more details around the legalities, the contracts, the proposals, the job specs and all those different requirements that we need to look at,” she said.

She said that the Executive Office hoped “to make an announcement in due course” on recruiting eight staff in all for the Office and the commissioner posts.