Birth Certificates: Irish Translation

Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Finance – in the Northern Ireland Assembly at 2:00 pm on 9 April 2024.

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Photo of Caoimhe Archibald Caoimhe Archibald Sinn Féin 2:00, 9 April 2024

The Department of Finance does not hold legislative authority for wills. I am engaging with my Executive colleagues to ensure that the New Decade, New Approach commitment is appropriately led and taken forward, and I have written to the Justice Minister to ask the Department of Justice, working with its agencies, such as the Courts and Tribunals Service, to take responsibility for progressing that issue, which relates to the repeal of the Administration of Justice Act and to the matter of wills and probate, which falls under its remit.