S.I. No. 692/2024 - Official Languages (Amendment) Act 2021 (Commencement) (No. 2) Order 2024

1. This Order may be cited as the Official Languages (Amendment) Act 2021 (Commencement) (No. 2) Order 2024.

2. The 21

st

day of December 2024 is appointed as the day on which the following provisions of the

Official Languages (Amendment) Act 2021

(No. 49 of 2021) shall come into operation

(a) section 4;

(b) section 5;

(c) section 17.

GIVEN under my hand,

12 December 2024

THOMAS BYRNE

Minister of State at the Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media

Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in

“Iris Oifigiúil” of

13

th December,

2024.

I, THOMAS BYRNE, Minister of State at the Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by

section 20

(3) of the

Official Languages (Amendment) Act 2021

(No. 49 of 2021) and the Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media (Delegation of Ministerial Functions) Order 2024 (

S.I. No. 253 of 2024

), hereby order as follows