Ms Mary Cunningham:

NYCI has a number of Irish-language youth organisations among its membership. They are delighted, as we are, that the profile of the Irish language has been raised recently. The point they would want me to make on their behalf is that a lot of the focus is on increasing funding for the Gaeltacht. Their point is that there are more young people outside the Gaeltacht who want to speak Irish and that the funding should not be exclusively for there. We are engaged with the youth affairs unit at their request. They asked us to put in a proposal with regard to the translation of a number of key resources which are available in English but not available in Irish. We have submitted that proposal so it is very welcome.