Results 1-14 of 14 for ("irish language" gaeilge) speaker:Pearse Doherty

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: An Garda Síochána (12 Dec 2023)

Pearse Doherty: ...xed; atá lonnaithe i stáisiúin Gaeltachta. I wish to raise the issue of Irish-speaking gardaí working in Gaeltacht regions. Will the Minister provide an assessment of how much progress has been made regarding the Garda's Irish-language strategy, published in 2022? Is her Department aware that there is a shortage of Irish-speaking gardaí currently working in...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Irish Language (6 Nov 2018)

Pearse Doherty: ...Children and Youth Affairs the estimated cost of awarding a 10% increase in the capitation grant per child to naíonraí in which all staff have achieved their teastas Eorpach Gaeilge or a similar Irish language qualification. [45706/18]

Financial Resolutions 2019 - Budget Statement 2019 (9 Oct 2018)

Pearse Doherty: ...centred. This budget needed to be a clear statement of intent that we would invest in rural Ireland and that we would support rural areas. For infrastructure, public services, resourced gardaí, promotion of tourism and the Irish language, it is another year without the necessary investment in a new beginning for rural Ireland. Is am cinniúnach é don Ghaeilge; tá...

Appointment of Taoiseach and Nomination of Members of Government (14 Jun 2017)

Pearse Doherty: ...of State with responsibility for the Gaeltacht is going back to his old position. I wish him well. He is a constituency colleague of mine. Let us be clear. There are fewer people speaking the Irish language now than ever before. Sa Ghaeltacht agus taobh amuigh de. Tharla sin i ndiadh sé bliana de Rialtas Fhine Gael. Tá sé iontach maith go bhfuil Gaeilge mhaith agus...

Leaders' Questions (5 Dec 2013)

Pearse Doherty: ...as a chuid cúraimí ar an dóigh seo. The announcement yesterday by the language commissioner that he could no longer continue in his role due to a lack of commitment from State organisations is a damning indictment of the Government's policy on the Irish language. Thug sé le fios don chomhchoiste go bhfuil trí cheathrú de na scéimeanna teanga a bhaineann...

Leaders' Questions (5 Dec 2013)

Pearse Doherty: ...had to take an unprecedented step yesterday in resigning, because the Government is totally undermining the work that he is doing. He told the committee that State organisations are ignoring their legal obligations. In two and a half years in office, the Government has done untold damage to the provision of services and supports for Irish language speakers throughout the State. An...

Private Members' Business - Cuts in Education: Motion [Private Members] (24 Sep 2013)

Pearse Doherty: I know they are not here sometimes. The Minister's education policies have not only damaged the sector but also the Irish language. The importance of the cuts to the island allowance and the language allowance cannot be overstated. I have spoken about this matter here before. For example, Arranmore secondary school applied for a teacher but could not get somebody who would be able to...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Funding (25 Jun 2013)

Pearse Doherty: ...total amount of money provided in funding either individually to the person and company (details supplied) since its establishment, from Údaras, Foras na Gaeilge, and any other public funding body, Irish-language or otherwise. [30545/13]

Seanad: Power Sharing Agreement in Northern Ireland: Motion (17 Feb 2010)

Pearse Doherty: ...have agreed, in section 5 of the agreement, to look at outstanding issues. Gerry Adams announced at the weekend that the Minister for Culture, Arts and Leisure, Nelson McCausland, was to bring an Irish language strategy to the Executive before the end of the month. Also concerning the Irish language, our negotiating team secured an extra £20 million from the British Government to...

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (30 Jun 2009)

Pearse Doherty: ...thumoideachas sna scoileanna agus an cheist fá dtaobh de Foinse. Ach ó tháinig mise isteach sa Seanad ní raibh plé ar cheist na Gaeilge sa Seanad againn. Since my election, the issue of the Irish language has never been discussed in the Seanad. In that time we have seen huge challenges in the Gaeltacht, have spent €500,000 on a report that has never been discussed and whose...

Seanad: Order of Business (8 Apr 2008)

Pearse Doherty: ...Gaeilge. Tá Seachtain na Gaeilge thart. I ask the Leader to facilitate that debate. When I contacted the Minister's office he was willing to come here during Seachtain na Gaeilge to discuss the Irish language and the Gaeltacht. It is a missed opportunity. I ask the Leader to deal with that as soon as possible, considering the statistics on the problems the Irish language faces, which...

Seanad: Order of Business (5 Mar 2008)

Pearse Doherty: ...in support of the Good Friday Agreement and, while we say "No" to British occupation and the denial of civil rights, we support the full implementation of the Agreement. I ask for a debate on the Irish language in our education system. There is a piece in today's Irish Independent concerning the number of students opting out of Irish as a leaving certificate subject because of learning...

Seanad: Order of Business (27 Feb 2008)

Pearse Doherty: ...immediately and facilitate a debate today or tomorrow on the pharmacies and ask the Minister for Health and Children to come in to discuss it? The Leader may be aware of a study on the use of the Irish language within the Gaeltacht which contains many recommendations. One alarming finding is that unless we change Government policy the truest Gaeltacht areas will disappear within 15 to 20...

Seanad: Order of Business (22 Nov 2007)

Pearse Doherty: ...the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform come into the House to address the decision by the Government to remove the requirement that members of the legal profession have a knowledge of the Irish language. This is not a sensible approach but rather an attack on the language and on the constitutional rights of those who wish to use Irish in their dealings with the courts. It will...