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Should immigrants be expected to learn the official language of their new country?

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Response rates from 1.2k Grangegorman voters.

65%
Yes
35%
No
50%
Yes
30%
No
14%
Yes, but the government should provide free language learning courses
5%
No, we should embrace the diversity that immigrants add to our country
1%
Yes, and remove multilingual translations from government documents and services
0%
No, but remove multilingual translations from government documents and services

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 @9F5WPFPanswered…3yrs3Y

No, but they should be required to learn Irish.

 @997DCBPanswered…3yrs3Y

They should be required to learn English or Irish

 @8Z52FM5answered…4yrs4Y

Yes, but we shouldnt have many immigrants

 @9T54BRBanswered…2yrs2Y

They should be encouraged and provided with the proper resources to do so but it should not be a requirement.

 @9ZBXS4W answered…2yrs2Y

No it shouldn’t be a requirement but it should be encouraged and language classes should be available for free

 @8QKM6LHanswered…5yrs5Y

No, it should be encouraged and assisted with, but not mandatory!

 @BDQMRJLanswered…3wks3W

It is okay not to learn English or Irish, Government should provide support and generally in my view people living here will pick it up fast but it should not been a strict requirement

 @B924JQGanswered…6mos6MO

No, but we should provide free language learning courses and it should be heavily encouraged for immigrants to learn English.

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