S.I. No. 544/2017 - Gaeltacht Act 2012 (Designation of Gaeltacht Language Planning Areas) Order 2017


Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in

“Iris Oifigiúil” of 1st December, 2017.

I, JOE McHUGH, Minister of State at the Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 7 (2) of the Gaeltacht Act 2012 (No. 34 of 2012) and the Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs (Delegation of Ministerial Functions) Order 2017 ( S.I. No. 315 of 2017 ) (as adapted by the Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs (Alteration of Name of Department and Title of Minister) Order ( S.I. No. 350 of 2017 )), hereby order as follows:

1. This Order may be cited as the Gaeltacht Act 2012 (Designation of Gaeltacht Language Planning Areas) Order 2017.

2. The areas specified in the Schedule are each designated to be a Gaeltacht Language Planning Area for the purposes of section 7 (2) of the Gaeltacht Act 2012 (No. 34 of 2012).

SCHEDULE

Language Planning Area: Cois Fharraige, Co. Galway

(1) The following electoral division areas: Cill Chuimín (Galway), Sailearna, Cill Aithnín, An Spidéal and Na Forbacha.

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GIVEN under my hand,

15 November 2017.

JOE McHUGH,

Minister of State at the Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht.