evidence: DUP never agreed to Irish language act at St Andrews, says Edwin Poots [...] The DUP never agreed to an Irish language act at St Andrews, according to its MLA Edwin Poots. Signed by the DUP, Sinn Fein and the British and Irish Governments in 2006, the St Andrews Agreement pledged "Government would introduce an Irish Language Act reflecting on the experience of Wales and Ireland and work with the incoming Executive to enhance and protect the development of the Irish language".