evidence: - Provide official recognition of the status of the Irish language - Establish the office of an Irish language commissioner and an Ulster Scots commissioner - Repeal the Penal Law-era Administration of Justice (Language) Act 1737 which forbade the use of Irish in the courts. [...] Legislative protections for the Irish language in Northern Ireland were a key plank of the New Decade, New Approach agreement that restored powersharing in January 2020 after a three-year stalemate. [...] The DUP are democracy dinosaurs and need a kick up their backsides. But don’t think for one moment the Tories are doing this because they love the Gaelic language or have a soft spot for Sinn Fein . Yes, Irish now has official status in Northern Ireland but this doesn’t mean it’s regarded as equal to English in Northern Ireland or the rest of the UK. Try speaking Gaelic or Cymraeg in the House of Commons. See how far you get before being manhandled out of the Palace of Westminster.