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Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Swimming Pool Programme (1 Oct 2020)

Jack Chambers: I have relations in Monaghan and the Minister, Deputy Martin, is from the county. The local authority swimming pool programme, LASPP, provided grant aid towards the capital cost of new swimming pools or the refurbishment of existing pools. To date, 52 pools have been completed and three swimming pool projects remain in the LASPP. Exchequer support for any new swimming pool is now...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Sports Funding (1 Oct 2020)

Jack Chambers: As I referenced, the stimulus package provides a significant amount of support for the FAI. The association, through Sport Ireland, will fund the League of Ireland and many other sporting competitions. The chief executive officer of the FAI, at a meeting of the Special Committee on Covid-19 Response, indicated that €3.5 million is required to stage the League of Ireland. Funding...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Sports Funding (1 Oct 2020)

Jack Chambers: We will engage with League of Ireland clubs through the FAI and Sport Ireland. As I said, a significant funding package has been put in place which will be allocated and distributed over the month of October. That is €40 million for the three major sporting bodies. Decisions about how that money is specifically allocated by those sporting organisations is a matter for them but the...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Sports Funding (1 Oct 2020)

Jack Chambers: I am acutely aware of the difficulties and challenges facing all sporting organisations and clubs, including those in the League of Ireland. Measures introduced by the Government to date which have benefited the sports sector include the temporary wage subsidy scheme, TWSS, the PUP and a series of enterprise supports. There has been extensive engagement with the sports sector over recent...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Football Association of Ireland (1 Oct 2020)

Jack Chambers: The Government has dedicated funding for women's sport over many years with considerable Exchequer funding allocated to programmes aimed at encouraging women's active and social participation in sport. I would highlight in this regard the Sport Ireland women in sport programme established in 2005 which has provided funding for sport of more than €20 million to a broad range of...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Football Association of Ireland (1 Oct 2020)

Jack Chambers: I have not read the book yet but I have read many of the articles associated with it. The Deputy is correct in how the funding allocation occurred over many years. To be clear, we will engage seriously with the FAI and Sport Ireland on this. We have seen leadership across many other associations. The programme for Government is specific around targets. The national sports policy asks...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Football Association of Ireland (1 Oct 2020)

Jack Chambers: Tennis has shown much leadership in equality, particularly around the majors. It is probably one of the few sports which has shown real equality. I support that as well as those associations in football which are doing that. The promotion of women's participation in sport is a policy priority for the Government and includes women's football. There has been extraordinary participation...

Gnó na Dála - Business of Dáil (1 Oct 2020)

Jack Chambers: It is proposed, notwithstanding anything in Standing Orders, that statements and questions and answers on the leaving certificate 2020 calculated grades shall be taken today immediately following a 15-minute sanitisation sos which shall follow the Dying with Dignity Bill 2020 - Second Stage, and the statements and questions and answers shall be confined to a single round which shall not...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Pleanáil Teanga (1 Oct 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. Tuigim ó mo chuid oifigigh go raibh comhfhreagras idir iad agus Foras na Gaeilge, atá freagrach as maoirsiú a dhéanamh ar an scéal sa chás seo, ina thaobh le deireanaí. Táim ag súil le moladh...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Irish Language (1 Oct 2020)

Jack Chambers: My Department, under its Irish Language Support Schemes, provides funding for various Irish language organisations and projects, to support and encourage youth development through the medium of the Irish language. The grants are aimed primarily at organisations or groups operating outside the Gaeltacht. My Department has provided current and capital funding to TechSpace (Camara Education)...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Island Communities (1 Oct 2020)

Jack Chambers: My Department provides financial support to build or upgrade community, language and recreational facilities in Gaeltacht areas through its Community and Language Supports Programme. Under this programme, I recently allocated €424,462 - equivalent to 90% of the total cost - to Comhlacht Forbartha Inis Meáin to enable them to begin works on the development of a...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Caiteachas Gaeilge agus Gaeltachta (1 Oct 2020)

Jack Chambers: Mar is eol don Teachta, is cúram don Roinn Tithíochta, Pleanála agus Rialtas Áitiúil, agus na húdaráis áitiúla atá faoina stiúr, cúrsa tithíochta trí chéile lena n-áirítear tithíocht agus pleanáil tí sa Ghaeltacht.  Is i gcomhréir leis na forálacha ábhartha san Acht um...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Caiteachas Gaeilge agus Gaeltachta (1 Oct 2020)

Jack Chambers: Tá tosaíochta an Rialtais maidir leis an Ghaeilge agus an Ghaeltacht leagtha amach sa Chlár Rialtais a foilsíodh lé déanaí.  Tugann an Rialtas nua aitheantas do thábhacht na Gaeilge mar chéad teanga an stáit, mar theanga bheo agus mar chuid dár n-oidhreacht.  Táimid diongbháilte, ní hamháin go mbeadh...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Fostaíocht sa Ghaeltacht (1 Oct 2020)

Jack Chambers: Tosaíodh ar fhorbairt eastáit tionscail ar an Tulaigh i 1983 mar acmhainn luachmhar de chuid Údarás na Gaeltachta mar a bhaineann sé fostaíocht a chruthú agus gnóthaí a mhealladh chuig ceantar na Tulaí. Le beagnach 40 bliain anuas tá fostaíocht leanúnach curtha ar fáil do phobal Chonamara ag comhlachtaí de gach...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Údarás na Gaeltachta (1 Oct 2020)

Jack Chambers: Tá sé curtha in iúl ag Údarás na Gaeltachta go bpléitear an tábhacht atá leis an nGaeilge a chur chun cinn i ngach réimse den ghnó mar chuid den phlé a ndéanann an tÚdarás le cliantchomhlachtaí dá chuidse i dtaca le gnó a bhunú nó a fhorbairt sa Ghaeltacht. Tugtar le fios do na...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Pleanáil Teanga (1 Oct 2020)

Jack Chambers: Is féidir liom a dheimhniú don Teachta go bhfuil scríofa ag mo Roinn chuig na húdaráis áitiúla a bhfuil ceantar Gaeltachta ina ndlinse ar roinnt ócáidí thar na blianta chun a mheabhrú dóibh a gcuid dualgais maidir leis an nGaeilge a mheabhrú dóibh.  Tapaíonn mo Roinn na deiseanna a tugtar di...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Gaelcholáistí Issues (1 Oct 2020)

Jack Chambers: The Deputy may be aware that my Department, via Scéim na bhFoghlaimeoirí Gaeilge, subvents the cost of attending summer college in Gaeltacht regions. Under the terms of the scheme, the Department provides a subsidy, currently worth €10 per day (equivalent to €220 per student for a three week course) which benefits over 26,000 students a year while staying in...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Irish Language (1 Oct 2020)

Jack Chambers: In 2005, Foras na Gaeilge introduced Scéim Pobal Gaeilge (SPG) - the Irish Language Community Scheme - offering local voluntary community committees the opportunity to apply for financial assistance towards the costs of implementing a three year business plan for the development and enhancement of the Irish language among their respective target areas and groups. SPG was...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Toghcháin d'Údarás na Gaeltachta (1 Oct 2020)

Jack Chambers: Luaitear sa Chlár Rialtais go ndéanfar athbhreithniú ar struchtúir fheidhmiúcháin agus rialachais Údarás na Gaeltachta, agus ar an bpróiseas roghnúcháin do Bhord an Údaráis. Faoi láthair, tá cúigear comhalta a d’ainmnigh na hÚdaráis Áitiúla a bhfuil ceantar Gaeltachta faoina gcúram...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Acht na dTeangacha Oifigiúla (1 Oct 2020)

Jack Chambers: Mar is eol don Teachta, tá gealltanas sonrach tugtha i gClár an Rialtais seo, go ndéanfar Bille na dTeangacha Oifigiúla (Leasú) a achtú roimh dheireadh na bliana seo. Le hachtú an Bhille seo, tá i gceist, mar chuid de, go ndéanfar deireadh a chur le córas na scéimeanna teanga agus córas nua a chuir i bhfeidhm ag baint...