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Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Maoiniú d'Eagrais Ghaeilge (19 Nov 2020)

Jack Chambers: Gabhaim buíochas leis an Teachta as an gceist seo a ardú. Tá a fhios agam gur ardaigh Conradh na Gaeilge an cheist ag cruinniú dá choiste le déanaí. Chuireamar feabhas ar an mbuiséad don bhliain seo chugainn. Tá maoiniú breise curtha ar fáil sa bhuiséad. Tá sé sin an-tábhachtach. Mar Rialtas, táimid ag...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Covid-19 Pandemic (19 Nov 2020)

Jack Chambers: I have had a great deal of correspondence and engagement with many constituents that is representative, I am sure, of many of the letters the Deputy received. To be clear, there is no distinction at levels 3, 4 and 5 between indoor activity. That is the context in which the Deputy raised the matter and he compared it to sport, but sport is allowed at level 3 in certain instances, outdoors...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Covid-19 Pandemic (19 Nov 2020)

Jack Chambers: I assure the Deputy that the Government is not dancing on anything in respect of UNESCO.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Covid-19 Pandemic (19 Nov 2020)

Jack Chambers: We fully support our cultural activities, including dance, but the most effective way to ensure many of our activities in society can operate is to suppress the virus-----

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Covid-19 Pandemic (19 Nov 2020)

Jack Chambers: -----and get back to a scenario where there can be a whole range of activities in society. When we are at level 5 and the virus is out of control, there is a limit and our current message is for people to stay at home-----

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Covid-19 Pandemic (19 Nov 2020)

Jack Chambers: I accept and take the point. We want to be constructive about this. The longer that restrictions go on, particularly in levels 3 and 4 - I accept the Deputy's point - it limits important cultural activities and indoor sporting activities. There is engagement between the Department and the groups and associations the Deputy mentioned to try to be helpful in that regard. Nevertheless, the...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Maoiniú d'Eagrais Ghaeilge (19 Nov 2020)

Jack Chambers: Is í an Chomhairle Aireachta Thuaidh Theas, CATT, a cheadaíonn na buiséid do na forais tras-Teorann uile, An Foras Teanga san áireamh. Tá méadú táscach de €1.779 milliún curtha ar fáil don chomhoibriú Thuaidh Theas i mbuiséad 2021. Cinnteoidh an leithdháileadh maoinithe táscach seo, atá faoi réir breis...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Covid-19 Pandemic (19 Nov 2020)

Jack Chambers: I thank the Deputy for his question. He has raised the issue of step dancing a number of times. The guidance set out in the Government's Plan for Living with Covid-19 specifies that no exercise or dance classes are allowed at levels 3, 4 or 5. This precludes any exercise class, including gymnastics, and any type of dance class, including traditional, step, jazz or ballet. Similarly,...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Irish Language (19 Nov 2020)

Jack Chambers: As the Deputy will be aware, the Programme for Government acknowledges the importance of the Irish language as the first official language of the State, as a living language and as a vital component of the heritage of this island.  My Department provides significant funding to Foras na Gaeilge to carry out its statutory mandate to promote the Irish language on an...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Polasaí Gaeltachta (19 Nov 2020)

Jack Chambers: Is ceist don Aire Tithíochta í cúrsaí pleanála trí chéile ar an gcéad dul síos ar ndóigh. É sin ráite, faoi Alt 28 de na Rialacháin um Pleanáil agus Forbairt 2001, is gá d'údaráis áitiúla a bhfuil ceantar Gaeltachta faoina gcúram teagmháil a dhéanamh le mo Roinn agus le...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Pleanáil Teanga (19 Nov 2020)

Jack Chambers: Tá plean teanga Chathair na Gaillimhe curtha faoi bhráid mo Roinne ag Foras na Gaeilge le tamall agus á bhreithniú faoi láthair. Tuigtear dom go bhfuil gá le tuilleadh plé a dhéanamh le páirtithe leasmhara sula mbeifear in ann an plean a chur faoi mo bhráid chun críche faofa agus go bhfuil céimeanna idir lámha chun an plé...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Údarás na Gaeltachta (19 Nov 2020)

Jack Chambers: I propose to take Questions Nos. 31 and 54 together. As with communities across the country, our Gaeltacht communities continue to struggle with the impacts of the pandemic. In light of Brexit, coupled with the economic impact of the pandemic, client companies of Údarás na Gaeltachta will continue to need support  which is being provided on an ongoing basis by...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Foras na Gaeilge (19 Nov 2020)

Jack Chambers: Budgets for all Cross Border Bodies, including An Foras Teanga, are approved by the North South Ministerial Council (NSMC). An indicative provision of €13.383m was provided within this Department’s Vote for An Foras Teanga in 2020. Budget 2021 provided an indicative increase of €1.779m for cross-border co-operation in the languages sector.  This includes funding of...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Tionscadail Fhorbartha Pobail (19 Nov 2020)

Jack Chambers: Is tríd an Clár Tacaíochtaí Pobail agus Teanga a chuireann mo Roinn tacaíocht airgid ar fáil chun áiseanna pobail, teanga agus caitheamh aimsire a thógáil nó a uasghrádú sna ceantair Ghaeltachta ar leas foriomlán an phróisis pleanála teanga.  Cheadaigh mo Roinn allúntas ar...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Cistiúchán Roinne (19 Nov 2020)

Jack Chambers: Tá na scéimeanna faoina mbíodh cúnamh airgid á chur ar fáil ag an Roinn do na húdaráis áitiúla ábhartha den chuid is mó, chun athchóiriú a dhéanamh ar bhóithre agus céanna beaga Gaeltachta ar fionraí le tamall de bhlianta anois. Níl sé beartaithe na scéimeanna sin a...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Oideachas Gaeltachta (19 Nov 2020)

Jack Chambers: Aithníonn an Roinn gur tréimhse dhúshlánach í seo do phobal na tíre trí chéile agus go bhfuil tionchar á imirt ag COVID-19 ar gach éinne. Mar is eol don Teachta, chuir mo Roinn ciste éigeandála ar fáil i mbliana chun tacú le cobhsú earnáil na gcoláistí samhraidh Gaeilge sa Ghaeltacht Faoin...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Sports Organisations (19 Nov 2020)

Jack Chambers: The pathway to a return to non-elite sport for children and adults is contingent and dependent on the progression of the virus in the period ahead. The Living with COVID-19 Framework for Restrictive Measures, published in mid-September, sets out the approach that the Government intends to take in the management of the pandemic over the period to mid-2021.  It is...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Covid-19 Pandemic (19 Nov 2020)

Jack Chambers: The Living with COVID-19 Framework for Restrictive Measures, published in mid-September, sets out the approach that the Government intends to take in the management of the pandemic over the period to mid-2021.  It is a risk management strategy designed to allow individuals, families, businesses and services better understand, anticipate and prepare for the measures...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Údaráis Áitiúla (19 Nov 2020)

Jack Chambers: Mar is eol don Teachta, is cúram don Roinn Tithíochta, Rialtas Áitiúil agus Oidhreachta agus na húdaráis áitiúla atá faoina stiúr é cúrsaí tithíochta trí chéile -  lena n-áirítear tithíocht agus pleanáil tí sa Ghaeltacht. Faoi réir Alt 10.2 (m) den Acht um Pleanáil agus...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Sports Funding (18 Nov 2020)

Jack Chambers: The total budget for sport for each of the years 2007 and 2020 along with a breakdown of the areas to which the budget was allocated is available as part of the published Revised Estimates for each of those years. The Revised Estimates for each year are published on the Gov.ie. website at the following link: