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Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Forbairt na Gaeilge (10 Jul 2025)

Naoise Ó Cearúil: 83. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht cén dul chun cinn atá déanta maidir le haitheantas a bhronnadh ar bhailte a chuir isteach ar Líonraí Gaeltachta, cathain is féidir leis na gceantair sin a bheith ag súil go mbronnfar an stádas sin orthu; agus an ndéanfaidh sé ráiteas ina thaobh. [37816/25]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Forbairt na Gaeilge (10 Jul 2025)

Naoise Ó Cearúil: Cén dul chun cinn atá déanta maidir le haitheantas a bhronnadh ar bhailte a chur isteach ar stádas mar líonra Gaeltachta? Cathain gur féidir leis na ceantair sin a bheith ag súil go mbronnfar an stádas sin orthu?

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Forbairt na Gaeilge (10 Jul 2025)

Dara Calleary: Gabhaim buíochas leis an Teachta. Tabharfar aitheantas faoi Acht na Gaeltachta, 2012 do líonraí Gaeilge ach pleananna teanga a bheith aontaithe leis na pobail sna líonraí éagsúla i gcomhréir leis na critéir pleanála teanga fhorordaithe. Tá Foras na Gaeilge freagrach faoi Acht na Gaeltachta as tacaíocht a thabhairt...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions (10 Jul 2025)

Colm Burke: 85. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the total amount of funding allocated to the social inclusion and community activation programme in Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38272/25]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions (10 Jul 2025)

Jerry Buttimer: I thank the Deputy. Our Department's social inclusion and community activation programme is our country’s primary social inclusion programme. SICAP is a national programme delivered locally in both rural and urban areas by local development companies. It supports those in the greatest need to address high and persistent levels of deprivation through targeted, locally-led initiatives...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Library Services (10 Jul 2025)

Jerry Buttimer: I look forward to visiting the library with Deputy Wall. Just to assure him, the project has received funding of €3 million under the capital programme to support what is a very ambitious and exciting plan for the county library in Newbridge, including archives and a cultural centre. The project will be superb in terms of its size and scale. It will be 2,378 sq. m. It will be four...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Library Services (10 Jul 2025)

Mark Wall: The latest information I have is that it is hoped the project will proceed in quarter 1 of 2026, which would be very welcome. I mentioned in this House before that Newbridge now has a population of almost 26,000 people, so it is very important we have a functioning library for that size of population. The fact the new building will be four times larger than the existing building, which has...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Library Services (10 Jul 2025)

Jerry Buttimer: Since 2020, our Department has allocated Kildare County Council €11.1 million for the public library service, be it the library service to Clane or the mobile library service. It is a testament to the vision of Kildare County Council in terms of its recognition of the importance of our library service. This is maybe tongue in cheek, but perhaps the Tailteann Cup can be showcased...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Voluntary Sector (10 Jul 2025)

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Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Voluntary Sector (10 Jul 2025)

Conor McGuinness: Cuirim fáilte roimh an gcomhairliúchán sin. It is good that consultation, with a view to arriving at a new strategy, is taking place. However, this comes down to a question of resources and to the level of Government funding. There is a huge amount of training and accreditation going on and the bursaries are very welcome. However, it is about creating a situation and...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Voluntary Sector (10 Jul 2025)

Jerry Buttimer: I am committed to continuing to provide supports to the community and voluntary sector. I am not absolving us from any role here but our Department does not set terms and conditions of pay. We are very much of the view that it is about supporting the community and voluntary sector. My priority is to create an environment where the sector can thrive, that is enabling and empowering, and...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Library Services (10 Jul 2025)

Mark Wall: I thank the Minister of State for his detailed reply. I welcome the fact that €40 million has been spent on libraries. We all agree in this House that every euro spent on libraries is a euro well spent. I start by commending everybody in my hometown of Athy where over the past number of years a former Dominican church was converted into a library. Anyone who has visited that...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Voluntary Sector (10 Jul 2025)

Conor McGuinness: 81. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he shares the concerns of community development workers regarding resourcing of this critically important discipline. [38528/25]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Voluntary Sector (10 Jul 2025)

Conor McGuinness: Baineann mo cheist le hoibrithe forbairt pobail agus na buarthaí atá orthu i dtaobh acmhainní. My question relates to the critical and important role of community development workers and their concerns around resourcing, both pay and conditions, and also resourcing within organisations. The Minister of State will appreciate from his engagement with community development...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Voluntary Sector (10 Jul 2025)

Jerry Buttimer: I thank the Deputy for raising this very important matter and he is right that it is a recurring theme when we speak to people who are very committed to the work they do. The Government's five-year strategy to support the community and voluntary sector, Sustainable, Inclusive and Empowered Communities, was published six years ago. It is a whole-of-government strategy, led by our Department...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Rural Schemes (10 Jul 2025)

Jerry Buttimer: I thank the Deputy for her question. Community wealth building is, indeed, a long-standing commitment of the Deputy and her party. As she knows well, the concept refers to a range of approaches to local economic development. While the Department under the Minister, Deputy Calleary, and me does not have a dedicated community wealth building fund as such, our wide range of policies and...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Rural Schemes (10 Jul 2025)

Louise O'Reilly: I really welcome that. As I said, this is long-standing Sinn Féin policy but it also makes a lot of sense. I appreciate that the Minister of State outlined what has been done, but the difference between what he has said and community wealth building revolves around key performance indicators, KPIs, to use that jargon. A community wealth building fund is shown to have been successful...