Results 1-5 of 5 for ("irish language" gaeilge) speaker:Rose Conway-Walsh

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (3 Mar 2022)

Rose Conway-Walsh: ...family. I welcome Ms Linda Ervine, who will be in the Seanad today to speak on Seachtain na Gaeilge. We extend her a fáilte mór from this House and acknowledge the great work she has done on the Irish language in east Belfast. Her work is well known throughout the Thirty-two Counties and beyond. I wish to record once again our absolute condemnation of the actions...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Leaving Certificate Reform: Discussion (19 Oct 2021)

Rose Conway-Walsh: We would need to have each contributor here in a separate session and we could fill it with us expanding and developing points about how the training of Irish language teachers needs to change and what we need to do on that to create a love of the language rather than a fear of it, which I think many of us have. I can identify with what Professor Hegarty is saying about not having the...

New Decade, New Approach Agreement: Statements (24 Feb 2021)

Rose Conway-Walsh: .... My party leader spoke earlier about Acht na Gaeilge being a core component of the New Decade, New Approach. At the time, the Minister stated that it was a win for those passionate about the Irish language. We cannot ignore what is happening in respect of the Irish language in the North. As recently as last night, we had a situation at Lisburn and Castlereagh Council where my...

Other Questions: Irish Language (19 Nov 2020)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 12. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if there will be any funding difference between Scéim Pobal Gaeilge located in an area with an Irish language network or a Gaeltacht service town. [37345/20]

Other Questions: Irish Language (19 Nov 2020)

Rose Conway-Walsh: ...that there are cases where a scheme seeking to become a Gaeltacht service town are concerned that they may lose funding as a result. That would result in them being unable to continue employing an Irish language development officer. I take the Minister of State's assurance that there are no plans to cut the funding of these schemes, despite the fact that the schemes have been very...