Aengus Ó Snodaigh (Dublin South Central, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

Níl tagairt ar bith sa chreat seo do riachtanas phobal labhartha agus tíreolaíoch na Gaeltachta a chosaint agus deis a thabhairt don chéad ghlúin Ghaeltachta eile cónaí ann, in ainneoin aighneachtaí cuimsitheacha curtha isteach ag Conradh na Gaeilge. Níl aon rud faoin nasc idir an soláthar tithíochta agus pleanáil teanga sa Ghaeltacht, agus níl tagairt ar bith don fhadhb a chothaítear nuair atá breis is 1,000 teach ar fáil ar Airbnb i gceantar Gaeltachta i gcomparáid le níos lú ná deich dteach ar fáil ar cíos fadtéarmach ar daft.ie, mar a léirigh iniúchadh a rinne TG4. Ba chóir cur chuige Rialtas na Breataine Bige a ghoid, a deir ina phlean go ligeann dlús na dtithe saoire sa phobal teanga "detrimental effect on the vibrancy of the language in these areas. When young people in particular are unable to live and work in their Welsh-speaking communities this clearly has an effect on Welsh as a community language and the sustainability of these communities." Ba chóir na pleananna daonra agus tithíochta do limistéir pleanála teanga na Gaeltachta, a gealladh sa chlár Rialtais, a thionscnú, agus na treoirlínte a gealladh dúinn ó 2021 a fhoilsiú gan mhoill.

Ó thaobh na healaíona de, of 1,000 people who answered a Sinn Féin arts survey last year, 74% said they were not satisfied with the local arts space. There is nothing in the national planning framework incorporating space for the arts, culture, nightlife, new developments or protecting existing spaces. The planning objectives 89 and 90 around protecting, conserving and enhancing built heritage, including streetscape vernacular dwellings and other historical buildings and monuments through appropriate, sensitive investment and conservation, are welcome. This should have been interpreted to rule out the disastrous Hammerson plan and envisage the vision outlined in the Moore Street Preservation Trust.

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