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Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Acht na dTeangacha Oifigiúla (4 Mar 2025)

Charlie McConalogue: Is é príomhaidhm Achtanna na dTeangacha Oifigiúla 2003 agus 2021 a chinntiú go mbeidh seirbhísí poiblí trí Ghaeilge ar fáil ar bhonn níos fairsinge agus go mbeidh caighdeán níos airde ag baint leo. Sa mhéid sin, fógraíodh caibidil nua san aistear i dtreo seirbhís phoiblí dhátheangach in Éirinn nuair...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Acht na dTeangacha Oifigiúla (4 Mar 2025)

Charlie McConalogue: I ndáil le halt 18E d’Acht na dTeangacha Oifigiúla 2003, tá sé de dhualgas orm dáta nó dátaí a shonrú faoina dtiocfaidh an Ghaeilge chun a bheith ina teanga oibre in oifigí poiblí sa Ghaeltacht agus faoina gcuirfear seirbhísí poiblí sa Ghaeltacht agus don Ghaeltacht ar fáil trí Ghaeilge – leis an...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Acht na dTeangacha Oifigiúla (4 Mar 2025)

Charlie McConalogue: Ag croílár iarrachtaí mo Roinnse sa bhogadh i dtreo seirbhís phoiblí dhátheangach, tá feidhmiú iomlán agus rathúil Achtanna na dTeangacha Oifigiúla. Tá an obair faoi na hAchtanna criticiúil ó thaobh an Ghaeilge a neadú isteach mar chuid lárnach de sholáthar seirbhísí poiblí na tíre seo...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Acht na dTeangacha Oifigiúla (4 Mar 2025)

Charlie McConalogue: Níl aon dabht ach go mbeidh na Caighdeáin Teanga lárnach don todhchaí maidir le seirbhísí Stáit ar ardchaighdeán agus méadaithe trí Ghaeilge a chur ar fáil don phobal. Agus bailchríoch á cur orthu ag oifigigh mo Roinne faoi láthair, táthar ag cinntiú go bhfuil siad ag luí isteach leis an méid a bheidh ag...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Sports Funding (4 Mar 2025)

Charlie McConalogue: Sport Ireland, which is funded by my Department, is the statutory body with responsibility for the development of sport, increasing participation at all levels and raising standards, including the allocation of funding across its various programmes. Sport Ireland does not provide direct funding for clubs or individuals but channels the funding through the relevant National Governing Body...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Swimming Pools (19 Mar 2025)

Charlie McConalogue: My Department operates two capital funding programmes for sport, namely the Community Sports Facilities Fund (formerly the Sports Capital and Equipment Fund) and the Large Scale Sport Infrastructure Fund (LSSIF). Capital support for new swimming pools is now provided through the LSSIF. The total investment from the LSSIF since 2020 amounts to €297 million, with 68 projects...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Foras na Gaeilge (19 Mar 2025)

Charlie McConalogue: Budgets for North-South Implementation Bodies, including the North-South Language Body, are approved by the North-South Ministerial Council (NSMC). The budgets are submitted to the NSMC once the sponsor departments and finance departments, north and south, have confirmed their own budgets and agreed their allocation for the implementation bodies, in line with agreed funding ratios. ...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Limistéir Pleanála Teanga (19 Mar 2025)

Charlie McConalogue: Tugann Acht na Gaeltachta 2012 feidhm reachtúil don phróiseas pleanála teanga. Faoin bpróiseas, tá an deis á tabhairt do phobal na Gaeltachta sna Limistéir Pleanála Teanga atá aitheanta faoin Acht pleananna teanga a ullmhú agus a fheidhmiú ar bhonn áitiúil le tacaíocht leanúnach an Stáit. Tugtar an deis do...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Pleanáil Teanga (19 Mar 2025)

Charlie McConalogue: Tá dul chun cinn suntasach déanta ag an bpróiseas pleanála teanga ónar cuireadh tús leis roinnt blianta ó shin agus gach ceann den 26 limistéar pleanála teanga chomh maith leis an 3 Líonra Gaeilge agus 9 mBaile Seirbhíse Gaeltachta ceadaithe anois agus i mbun oibre. Mar thoradh air seo, tá Oifigigh Pleanála Teanga ag obair go...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Coláistí Samhraidh (19 Mar 2025)

Charlie McConalogue: Tá Scéim na bhFoghlaimeoirí Gaeilge (SFG) á riar ag mo Roinn ar mhaithe le tacú leis na deiseanna sealbhaithe agus saibhrithe teanga sna réigiúin Ghaeltachta do scoláirí dara leibhéal agus do mhic léinn tríú leibhéal ó áiteanna ar fud na tíre. Tagann an scéim le cuspóirí an Rialtais i leith na...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Údarás na Gaeltachta (19 Mar 2025)

Charlie McConalogue: Tuigim gur cheadaigh bord Údarás na Gaeltachta €250,000 in airgead caipitil ag cruinniú mhí na Nollag 2023 ar obair chomhairleoireachta agus ar thaighde i leith thithíocht a fhorbairt i gceantair Gaeltachta. Tá sé tugtha le fios ag Údarás na Gaeltachta gur cead i bprionsabal atá tugtha ag an mbord agus tá súil ag...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: An Teanga Gaeilge (19 Mar 2025)

Charlie McConalogue: I propose to take Questions Nos. 791 to 793, inclusive, together. Níl aon taighde díreach déanta ag mo Roinn maidir leis na buntáistí eacnamaíocha éagsúla a bhaineann le stádas oifigiúil san Aontas Eorpach don Ghaeilge ná ar an tionchar atá á imirt ag an stádas sin ar líon na gcainteoirí Gaeilge nó ar a...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Foras na Gaeilge (19 Mar 2025)

Charlie McConalogue: Mar is eol don Teachta, is í an Chomhairle Aireachta Thuaidh-Theas (CATT) a cheadaíonn buiséid bhliantúla na gComhlachtaí Forfheidhmithe Thuaidh Theas, an Foras Teanga san áireamh. Cuireann Rialtas na hÉireann 75% de bhuiséad Fhoras na Gaeilge ar fáil agus tagann an 25% eile ó Fheidhmeannas Thuaisceart Éireann, de réir an...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Foras na Gaeilge (19 Mar 2025)

Charlie McConalogue: Is í an Chomhairle Aireachta Thuaidh-Theas (CATT) a cheadaíonn buiséid bhliantúla na gComhlachtaí Forfheidhmithe Thuaidh Theas, an Foras Teanga san áireamh. Cuirtear na buiséid faoi bhráid na Comhairle Aireachta tar éis do na ranna urraíochta, thuaidh agus theas, a gcuid buiséad féin a dheimhniú agus soláthar na bliana...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Sports Facilities (19 Mar 2025)

Charlie McConalogue: In the first instance, I would hope that sporting facilities’ own commercial insurance would cover the cost of restoring such facilities back to sporting use where they have been damaged by the recent adverse weather events. Adequate insurance for facilities is a condition of capital funding granted by my department under either of its funding schemes, namely the Community Sport...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Swimming Pools (19 Mar 2025)

Charlie McConalogue: My Department operates two capital funding programmes for sport, namely the Community Sports Facilities Fund (formerly the Sports Capital and Equipment Fund) and the Large Scale Sport Infrastructure Fund (LSSIF). Capital support for new swimming pools is now provided through the LSSIF. The total investment from the Large Scale Sport Infrastructure Fund since 2020 amounts to €297...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Sports Funding (19 Mar 2025)

Charlie McConalogue: On 25 September 2024, €230 million was announced in grants for sports clubs and facilities under phase 2 of the Community Sport Facilities Fund (formerly the Sports Capital and Equipment Programme). Over a quarter of a billion euro was allocated to community sports clubs and facilities in total in 2024, taking account of the earlier equipment-only allocation of €26 million....

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Sports Facilities (19 Mar 2025)

Charlie McConalogue: My Department operates two capital funding programmes for sport, namely the Community Sports Facilities Fund (formerly the Sports Capital and Equipment Fund) and the Large Scale Sport Infrastructure Fund (LSSIF). On 25 September 2024, €230 million was announced in grants for sports clubs and facilities under phase 2 of the Community Sport Facilities Fund (CSFF). Over a quarter of...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Gaeltacht Policy (25 Mar 2025)

Charlie McConalogue: Údarás na Gaeltachta is the body under the aegis of my Department responsible for the economic, linguistic, social and cultural development of the Gaeltacht. The body's latest End of Year Statement illustrates the progress made in linking the Irish language with the development of the Gaeltacht during 2024. A total of 869 new jobs were created in Údarás client...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Sports Funding (26 Mar 2025)

Charlie McConalogue: The Large Scale Sports Infrastructure Fund (LSSIF), which was established on foot of the National Sports Policy 2018 - 2027, provides funding for large sports facility projects requiring investment beyond the scope of the funding limits under the Community Sport Facilities Fund (formerly the Sports Capital and Equipment Programme). The total investment under the LSSIF since 2020 amounts to...