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High Court dismisses appeal from Language Commissioner’s ruling that the distribution of an English-only booklet on the local property tax was in breach of relevant legislation.
Language rights – section 28 of the Official Languages Act, 2003 – whether Revenue communicated local property tax to owners through Irish language – Finance (Local Property Tax) Bill 2012 and the Finance (Local Property Tax) (Amendment) Act, 2013 – whether communication was with the general public or property holder – Irish version of the booklet was limited to only a few thousand homes – breach of section 9 (3) of the Official Languages Act, 2003 – appeal dismissed.
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