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Tue 04 Apr 2007Two-year wait for Irish version of child protection guide - reportThe Department of Education took two years to translate child protection guidelines for teaching staff into Irish, a task which could have taken a fraction of that time, according to the latest report of An Coimisinéir Teanga, the Irish language commissioner.Local authorities have also refused to allow voters to use addresses in Irish in the new register of electors, the commissioner's office has found.