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Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Pleanáil Teanga (21 Jun 2022)

Jack Chambers: Faoi mar a chur mé in iúl roimhe seo i gCeist Pharlaiminte 22180/22, rinne mé plean teanga an Limistéir Pleanála Teanga Gaeltachta: Bearna agus Cnoc na Cathrach a fhaomhadh faoin bpróiseas pleanála teanga i mí Bealtaine 2021. Tuigtear don Roinn ó Údarás  na Gaeltachta, atá freagrach as feidhmiú an phróisis ar an...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Gaeltacht Policy (21 Jun 2022)

Jack Chambers: I propose to take Questions Nos. 27 and 67 together. In relation to Cork City and Macroom respectively; in accordance with the relevant provisions of the Gaeltacht Act 2012, both of these urban centres been shortlisted, together with 13 other towns as towns which can be accorded Gaeltacht Service Town status, subject to language plans being developed for both respectively in accordance...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Sports Facilities (21 Jun 2022)

Jack Chambers: Sport Ireland works with a large number of sporting bodies and other organisations to develop and promote a variety of outdoor sports and to support the development of recreational trails throughout Ireland, which are all developed to encourage more people to be active in the great outdoors.  While Sport Ireland does not directly develop or provide funding for footpaths or...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Sports Organisations (21 Jun 2022)

Jack Chambers: Addressing women’s participation at all levels in sport is an important element of the National Sports Policy. That includes women in leadership positions such as board members of National Governing Bodies (NGBs). In the Action Plan for Sport 2021-2023 all NGBs are being asked to achieve 40% gender representation on their boards by the end of 2023.  Failure to achieve this...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Sports Funding (21 Jun 2022)

Jack Chambers: In relation to my Department's responsibilities, three schemes provide capital grant assistance for the development and improvement of sports facilities: The Sports Capital and Equipment Programme, the Large Scale Sport Infrastructure Fund and the Local Authority Swimming Pool Programme. The Sports Capital and Equipment Programme (SCEP) is the primary vehicle for...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Sports Organisations (21 Jun 2022)

Jack Chambers: The Irish Athletic Boxing Association (IABA) has recently published online its finalised Governance Review and its upcoming EGM on 10 July will provide the opportunity for the organisation and its members to affect meaningful and positive change in boxing. I would encourage them to accept and implement the recommendations of the review in full.  It is important to note that the...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Sports Funding (21 Jun 2022)

Jack Chambers: I propose to take Questions Nos. 34 and 39 together. The Large Scale Sport Infrastructure Fund (LSSIF) was launched in 2018 to provide Exchequer support for larger sports facility projects, including swimming pools, with at least €100 million being made available over the period to 2027. The first allocations under the LSSIF were announced in January 2020 and, thus far,...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Policies (21 Jun 2022)

Jack Chambers: Increased participation in sport is a key objective of my Department. In pursuit of that objective, we are committed to a Sport for All approach aimed at ensuring that all persons have the opportunity to partake equally in sport and physical activity, regardless of age, social-economic status, disability, or membership of, for example, the LGBTI+ community, the Traveller community or other...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Sports Funding (21 Jun 2022)

Jack Chambers: My Department has a critical role to play in ensuring that the transition to a lower carbon economy fosters creativity, expands the possibilities for people visiting and living here to engage with nature, and that social and economic sustainability are at the heart of all future development in our sectors. We are doing this through a programme of specific actions under the Climate Action Plan...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Údarás na Gaeltachta (21 Jun 2022)

Jack Chambers: Tá tugtha le fios ag Údarás na Gaeltachta go bhfuil an obair atá i gceist maidir le heagrú an tríú céim den taighde seo fós idir lámha ag an Údarás agus táthar fós ag súil, mar a bhí tugtha le fios roimhe seo,  go mbeidh an taighde críochnaithe go hiomlán faoi dheireadh an fhómhair. Mar is...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Sports Funding (21 Jun 2022)

Jack Chambers: In relation to my Department's responsibilities, two schemes provide capital grant assistance for the development and improvement of sports facilities including playing pitches provided by Local Authorities. The Sports Capital and Equipment Programme (SCEP) is the primary vehicle for Government support for the development of sports and recreation facilities and...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Foilseacháin Ghaeilge (21 Jun 2022)

Jack Chambers: Aistríodh feidhmeanna Bhord na Leabhar Gaeilge chuig Foras na Gaeilge ar 1 Eanáir 2008. Clár na Leabhar Gaeilge a tugadh feasta ar an Scéim a riartar faoi scáth Fhoras na Gaeilge, scéim a chuireann tacaíocht ar fáil do scríbhneoirí, d’fhoilsitheoirí agus do phobal léitheoireachta na Gaeilge i gcoitinne. Cuireann mo Roinn...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Gaeltacht Policy (21 Jun 2022)

Jack Chambers: The Deputy will be aware that state-support for job creation and enterprise development in Gaeltacht regions is provided via Údarás na Gaeltachta. In order to further support the agency in discharging its functions my Department has provided significant additional exchequer funding over consecutive budgets in recent years. The Deputy may be assured that my Department will...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Sports Funding (21 Jun 2022)

Jack Chambers: I propose to take Questions Nos. 56 and 66 together. The Sports Capital and Equipment Programme (SCEP) is the primary vehicle for Government support for the development of sports and recreation facilities and the purchase of non-personal sports equipment throughout the country.  Over 13,000 projects have now benefited from sports capital funding since 1998,...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Scoileanna Gaeilge agus Gaeltachta (21 Jun 2022)

Jack Chambers: Tá tugtha le fios ag Údarás na Gaeltachta dom go bhfuil dul chun cinn maith déanta le forbairt Coláiste Íosagáin;  Tuigtear go bhfuil infheistíocht ar fiú €1.2m é déanta ar an láthair chun an suíomh a ghlanadh, chun na bunseirbhísí agus infreastruchtúir a chur in áit agus chun réamhoibreacha...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Ukraine War (21 Jun 2022)

Jack Chambers: Shortly after Russia’s unprovoked and unjustifiable war of choice against Ukraine, enabled by the Belarusian government, I and 37 other sports Ministers in Europe and elsewhere issued a joint statement strongly condemning that aggression but also including a call for the international sport community to continue to show its solidarity with the people of Ukraine, including through...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Pleanáil Teanga (21 Jun 2022)

Jack Chambers: Tá Maigh Chromtha Co. Chorcaí luaite mar bhaile a d'fhéadfadh a bheith aitheanta mar Bhaile Seirbhíse Gaeltachta in am tráth ach plean teanga a bheith ullmhaithe don bhaile faoi réir fhorálacha ábhartha Acht na Gaeltachta 2012. Is faoi scáth foriomlán Fhoras na Gaeilge a tharlóidh na socruithe éagsúla is gá a dhéanamh...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Acht na dTeangacha Oifigiúla (21 Jun 2022)

Jack Chambers: Mar is eol don Teachta, rinne Uachtarán na hÉireann Acht na dTeangacha Oifigiúla (Leasú) 2021 a shíniú ina dhlí ar 22 Nollaig 2021. Sonraíodh faoi fhorálacha ábhartha an Achta go mbunófar an Coiste Comhairleach um Sheirbhísí Gaeilge tráth nach déanaí ná 6 mhí tar éis achtú an...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Energy Prices (21 Jun 2022)

Jack Chambers: The exact information requested by the deputy is not available. The official source for household consumption tatistics is the Household Budget Survey (HBS). HBS surveys have been carried out periodically (usually every 5 years) in Ireland since 1951. The Central Statistics Office (CSO) commenced data collection for the 2020 round of the HBS in January 2020. In response to growing concerns...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Údarás na Gaeltachta (21 Jun 2022)

Jack Chambers: I propose to take Questions Nos. 196 and 197 together. The Programme for Government commits to undertaking a review of the organisational and governance structures of Údarás na Gaeltachta, including the selection/election process of the Board. The overall objective of this review is to ensure that An tÚdarás has access to the relevant and appropriate...