Question reference: S1W-00204
- Asked by: Fergus Ewing, MSP for Inverness East, Nairn and Lochaber, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: 23 June 1999
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Current status: Answered by Alasdair Morrison on 6 August 1999
Question
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it intends to appoint a Gaelic Officer to promote the development of the Gaelic language and to be responsible for liaison with interested organisations and co-ordination of Gaelic issues within the Scottish Administration.
Answer
Within the Scottish Executive, responsibility for liaison with organisations with an interest in Gaelic and the co-ordination of Gaelic issues generally is already assigned to officials in the Arts and Cultural Heritage Division of the Education Department.