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All questions, asked by all Members, to the Minister of Enterprise, Trade and Investment during the 2012-2013 session , containing Irish language


 
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AQW 23756/11-15 Mr Daithí McKay
(SF - North Antrim)
To ask the Minister of Enterprise, Trade and Investment to outline how the Northern Ireland Tourist Board and her Department are encouraging the use of place names in Irish.

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30/05/2013 Answered on 10/06/2013 Northern Ireland Tourist Board; Policy; Place names; Irish language
AQW 23755/11-15 Mr Daithí McKay
(SF - North Antrim)
To ask the Minister of Enterprise, Trade and Investment to outline how the Northern Ireland Tourist Board sought evidence or commissioned research to establish the possible economic and tourism value of bilingual tourism signage.

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30/05/2013 Answered on 10/06/2013 Northern Ireland Tourist Board; Research; Place names; Irish language
AQW 23635/11-15 Mr Daithí McKay
(SF - North Antrim)
To ask the Minister of Enterprise, Trade and Investment why she has not yet answered AQW 20005/11-15.

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28/05/2013 Answered on 06/06/2013 Assembly questions; Irish language; Tourism; Road signs and markings; Northern Ireland Tourist Board
AQW 23362/11-15 Mr Daithí McKay
(SF - North Antrim)
To ask the Minister of Enterprise, Trade and Investment, pursuant to AQW 19982/11-15, why legal advice was sought in relation to the provision of Northern Ireland Tourist Boarding funding for the erection of multilingual signage.

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21/05/2013 Answered on 31/05/2013 Irish language; Tourism; Road signs and markings; Legal advice and assistance
AQW 20455/11-15 Mr Peter Weir
(DUP - North Down)
To ask the Minister of Enterprise, Trade and Investment to detail the cost of translating departmental letters and documents into (i) Irish; and (ii) each other language, in each of the last five years.

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28/02/2013 Answered on 11/03/2013 Translation services; Correspondence; Irish language; Languages; Expenditure
AQW 20005/11-15 Mr Daithí McKay
(SF - North Antrim)
To ask the Minister of Enterprise, Trade and Investment to detail the policy that bans the Irish language from being used in tourism signage and for her assessment of the impact that this will have on the reputation of the Northern Ireland Tourist Board.

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18/02/2013 Answered on 05/06/2013 Irish language; Tourism; Road signs and markings; Northern Ireland Tourist Board
AQW 20004/11-15 Mr Daithí McKay
(SF - North Antrim)
To ask the Minister of Enterprise, Trade and Investment to list all cases where the Northern Ireland Tourist Board has turned down applications for funding involving the use of the Irish language and to indicate the reasons in each case.

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18/02/2013 Answered on 25/02/2013 Irish language; Tourism; Northern Ireland Tourist Board; Applications; Finance
AQW 20002/11-15 Mr Daithí McKay
(SF - North Antrim)
To ask the Minister of Enterprise, Trade and Investment whether the Northern Ireland Tourist Board is abiding by legislation that requires all public bodies to take positive steps in promoting the Irish language and promoting the traditional form of place names.

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18/02/2013 Answered on 16/04/2013 Irish language; Tourism; Northern Ireland Tourist Board; Legislation
AQW 19983/11-15 Mr Phil Flanagan
(SF - Fermanagh and South Tyrone)
To ask the Minister of Enterprise, Trade and Investment how the decision not to allow the use of the Irish language on Northern Ireland Tourist Board funded signage meets the requirement that all public bodies must take positive steps in promoting the Irish language and promoting the traditional form of place names, and that under the European Convention on Human Rights, public bodies are not allowed to discriminate on the basis of language.

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18/02/2013 Answered on 12/09/2014 Irish language; Tourism; Northern Ireland Tourist Board; Public bodies; European Convention on Human Rights
AQW 19982/11-15 Mr Phil Flanagan
(SF - Fermanagh and South Tyrone)
To ask the Minister of Enterprise, Trade and Investment whether legal advice has been sought and received on Northern Ireland Tourist Board funding for the erection of multi-lingual signage.

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18/02/2013 Answered on 04/03/2013 Irish language; Tourism; Road signs and markings; Legal advice and assistance
AQW 19981/11-15 Mr Phil Flanagan
(SF - Fermanagh and South Tyrone)
To ask the Minister of Enterprise, Trade and Investment to provide the dates on which communication has been made between (i) the Northern Ireland Tourist Board and Down District Council; (ii) her Department and Down District Council; and (iii) her Department and the Northern Ireland Tourist Board, in relation to the Northern Ireland Tourist Board refused to provide funding for multi-language signage in the Down District Council area.

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18/02/2013 Answered on 25/02/2013 Irish language; Tourism; Road signs and markings; South Down
AQW 19980/11-15 Mr Phil Flanagan
(SF - Fermanagh and South Tyrone)
To ask the Minister of Enterprise, Trade and Investment why the Northern Ireland Tourist Board has refused to provide funding for multi-lingual signage in the Down District Council area.

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18/02/2013 Answered on 25/02/2013 Irish language; Tourism; Road signs and markings; South Down
AQW 15727/11-15 Mr Chris Hazzard
(SF - South Down)
To ask the Minister of Enterprise, Trade and Investment what consideration her Department has given to developing the potential of a Gaeltacht area in South Down.

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17/10/2012 Answered on 01/11/2012 Irish language; South Down
AQW 15235/11-15 Mr William Humphrey
(DUP - North Belfast)
To ask the Minister of Enterprise, Trade and Investment how much funding her Department has provided to Northern Ireland Screen in each of the last five years; and how has the funding been distributed by Northern Ireland Screen.

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08/10/2012 Answered on 15/10/2012 Northern Ireland Screen; Finance
AQO 2544/11-15 Ms Rosaleen McCorley
(SF - West Belfast)
To ask the Minister of Enterprise, Trade and Investment for an update on the work of the Tourist Board to promote the potential of An Cheathru Gaeltachta/the Gaeltacht Quarter in Belfast as a destination for tourists.

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20/09/2012 Answered on 01/10/2012 Northern Ireland Tourist Board; Belfast; Tourism; Marketing; Irish language

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