ONE FIFTH OF COMPLAINTS MADE TO COIMISINÉIR TEANGA FROM GALWAY

Date Published: 11-May-2009

Over a fifth of complaints made to An Coimisinéir Teanga last year, about difficulties accessing State services through Irish came from the Galway public.600 complaints were made in 2008 to Seán O Cuirreáin according to his annual report which is being launched today. The report also reveals that a complaint by the director of a Conamara Gaeltacht creche led to an investigation which found that the HSE West had failed to comply with a statutory commitment to provide inspections through Irish.