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- Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Tourism Industry (29 Sep 2022)
Jack Chambers: Deputy O'Donoghue must be very careful to not suggest that those who are arriving from Ukraine-----
- Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Tourism Industry (29 Sep 2022)
Jack Chambers: I think-----
- Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Tourism Industry (29 Sep 2022)
Jack Chambers: The Deputy should be very careful. We are providing a strong humanitarian response for those who arrived from Ukraine. We have an obligation to provide-----
- Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Tourism Industry (29 Sep 2022)
Jack Chambers: -----accommodation and welfare to those who have arrived.
- Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Tourism Industry (29 Sep 2022)
Jack Chambers: To apportion blame to them, however, around the-----
- Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Tourism Industry (29 Sep 2022)
Jack Chambers: I respectfully ask the Deputy-----
- Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Tourism Industry (29 Sep 2022)
Jack Chambers: The Deputy should be respectful-----
- Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Tourism Industry (29 Sep 2022)
Jack Chambers: We should be very respectful-----
- Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Tourism Industry (29 Sep 2022)
Jack Chambers: -----and considerate-----
- Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Tourism Industry (29 Sep 2022)
Jack Chambers: -----of those who have arrived-----
- Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Tourism Industry (29 Sep 2022)
Jack Chambers: -----and not to-----
- Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Tourism Industry (29 Sep 2022)
Jack Chambers: To start pitching those who have come from war-torn circumstances is-----
- Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Tourism Industry (29 Sep 2022)
Jack Chambers: -----a very unfair departure-----
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Irish Language (29 Sep 2022)
Jack Chambers: Tá an cheist seo i mBéarla mar sin tá an freagra i mBéarla. The 20-year Strategy for the Irish Language 2010—2030 represents the State's policy in relation to the language. The strategy has cross-departmental ownership and, accordingly, responsibility for its implementation rests with several Departments, in addition to Irish-language and Gaeltacht institutions...
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Irish Language (29 Sep 2022)
Jack Chambers: I thank the Deputy. The development and support of naíonraí is a key part of the 20-year strategy. The ongoing development of those schools will be extremely important in the context of funding increases and the development of the language. We have a plan with Údarás na Gaeltachta, in partnership with community organisations, to continue the development of...
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Irish Language (29 Sep 2022)
Jack Chambers: I will engage with the Minister, Deputy O'Gorman, and with the Minister for Education, Deputy Foley. Especially with the new Official Languages (Amendment) Act 2021, and in the context of trying to strengthen the language across the public services, the State's investment in childcare demonstrates it is playing a much larger role in the pre-school sector than it may have in the past. From...
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Irish Language (29 Sep 2022)
Jack Chambers: Foras na Gaeilge provides many funding opportunities for voluntary and other groups to access funding to partake in Irish language activities and promote the Irish language generally. These include opportunities in the areas of youth activities, summer camps, the arts, festivals and literature, Irish-language networks and community development. Supports are also available for local...
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Irish Language (29 Sep 2022)
Jack Chambers: As I referenced, there is €3.5 million for capital spending. While the predominant allocation is for current expenditure on festival events and activities, there is a capital dimension to some of the funding around the language support scheme. We welcome engagement from groups around a variety of initiatives from a current spending perspective. Obviously, the predominant allocation...
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Irish Language (29 Sep 2022)
Jack Chambers: I would be happy to engage. We welcome all community groups and the effort and energy they put in from a volunteer perspective in promoting the language and developing it within their local communities. We see phenomenal effort and a huge impetus to really drive the language over the coming years. We are seeing many more opportunities now in the language with the new Official Languages...
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Irish Language (29 Sep 2022)
Jack Chambers: Is it not just off the motorway?