Cork City Council Irish Language Action Plan 2026-2029
Action Plan (Internal) Cork City Council
Oversight Number Action
KPI
Lead
Timeframe Partner/s
Governance and oversight of our obligations enabling Cork City Council to be fully compliant with The Official Languages (Amendment) Act 2021 Information sessions to be prepared and delivered to key Cork City Council Staff on the implementation of key parts of the Official Languages (Amendment) Act 2021 and Action Plan for Irish Language Public Services 2026 -2028 Ensuring each Directorate of Cork City Council are informed and reminded of their obligations under the Official Languages (Amendment) Act 2021 and the implementation of the Action Plan for Irish Language Public Services 2026 -2028
Reports to and communicates with Oifig an Choimisinéara Teanga
Community Section, CC&CA
All Directorates of Cork City Council
2.1
Q3 2026
Total number of presentations delivered and total number of first- time attendees
Community Section, CC&CA
All Directorates of Cork City Council
2.2
Q3 2026
Annual Internal Cork City Council Awareness Campaign
Community Section, CC&CA
All Directorates of Cork City Council
2.3
Ongoing
Training and Development Number Action
KPI
Lead
Timeframe Partner/s
Deliver on the requirement that 20% of Cork City Council recruits are competent in Irish to an agreed standard by 2030 Report on Irish language training delivered to an agreed standard as set out by the Department of Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht to enable working in a bilingual environment Establish a network of Irish language representatives across departments and directorates of the organisation and set up initiatives to promote the use and learning of Irish to a desirable B2 level on the CEFR Cork City Council is to designate at least one staff member as a language coach under the language standards outlined in the NILP
Annual Report on staff recruitment
All Directorates of Cork City Council
3.1
HR
Ongoing
Number of training inputs delivered Number of staff trained
HR and Community Section CC&CA
3.2
HR
Ongoing
Number of meetings per year Number of actions delivered
Community Section, CC&CA
Q3 2026 and Ongoing
Community Section and Heritage Office CC&CA
3.3
HR/ Community
Assignment of language coach
HR and Community Section CC&CA
3.4
Q4 2026
Section, CC&CA
20
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