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In short, if enacted, I cannot see that this bill will make any changes apart from allowing parishes with more than 20% of their population proficient in Gaelic to use the language more in local affairs. That falls far short of an official language. So I don't think the article will need to change in
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This change therefore makes clear that the 2005 act merely gives an ambition and does not make Gaelic an official language. (Of course, we got that from the act itself, but at the time, this conflicted with the government website.) I think the fact that the webpage has been changed closes this
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