The Organisation
The North-South Language Implementation Body was set up as one of the North-South bodies under the Belfast Agreement. This body comprises two agencies, Tha Boord o Ulstčr-Scotch/The Ulster-Scots Agency and Foras na Gaeilge. Each of these agencies has a separate board which together constitute the board of the North South Language body.
The chairpersons of the Agencies are the joint chairs of the North South Language body. The legislative remit of the Ulster-Scots Agency is "the promotion of greater awareness and the use of Ullans and of Ulster-Scots cultural issues, both within Northern Ireland and throughout the island".
The Agency is responsible to the North-South Ministerial Council, and in particular to the two Ministers, in the Northern Ireland Assembly and Dáil Eireann whose remits include language and culture.
The Agency is a non-departmental public body with legal status in both jurisdictions (on the island of Ireland).
The Agency will have its main office in Belfast and it will have a subsidiary office in Donegal.