Catherine Martin (Dublin Rathdown, Green Party) | Oireachtas source

As I said, more than €2.8 million has been provided to groups, North and South, under the scheme for 2022 and 2023. Now that the Northern Ireland Executive is up and running, officials in my Department will continue to work with the officials in the Department for Communities in Northern Ireland and the North-South language body, co-sponsored by my Department. I hope progress can be made with regard to the 2024 budgets, including in respect of scéim forbartha líonraí Gaeilge.

As I said earlier, my Department has an additional allocation of €700,000 for the North-South co-operation available in its budget for 2024. This allocation is available for use by the constituent organisations of the languages body, Foras na Gaeilge and the Ulster-Scots Agency, provided matching funding at agreed ratios is provided by the Northern Ireland Executive. My officials are communicating with their counterparts in the Department for Communities.

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