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Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Estimates for Public Services 2016
Vote 27 - International Co-operation (Revised)
Vote 28 - Foreign Affairs and Trade (Revised) (23 Jun 2016)

Joe McHugh: ...; uathu ag an am. The Chairman is conscious of the fact, as am I, that Ministers come and go, so I wanted to publicly acknowledge my appreciation to my former team in the Department of the Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht and to let this committee know that use of the Irish language will continue in this Department. I have a meeting today with the coiste Gaeilge in the Department. If the...

Revised Estimates for Public Services 2016 (Resumed) (22 Jun 2016)

Catherine Connolly: ...paper. It sets out details of the companies now employed by social welfare services in Ireland, such as Seetec. Is masla don teanga Gaeilge é "Turas Nua" a chur ar chóras mar seo. It is an insult to the Irish language to call one of these schemes Turas Nua when we are privatising the system by bringing in private, for-profit companies to remove people from the long-term...

Seanad: EU-UK Relations: Statements (22 Jun 2016)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: ...because it is, in the first instance, a government of Tories driven by an ideological position that supports austerity and, second, because it has already cut €4 billion from the North's block grant. That is the agenda it is driving and it will mean farmers, ordinary citizens, workers and Irish language speakers losing out, as will, ultimately, the peace process. We must ensure...

Seanad: Order of Business (21 Jun 2016)

Jerry Buttimer: ...teacht isteach sa Teach seo chun cúrsaí Gaeltachta agus ár dteanga dúchais a phlé. Tá súil agam go mbeidh a leithéid de díospóireacht againn roimh na laethanta saoire. I hope we will have a debate before the summer holidays on the Irish language and on cursaí Gaeltachta, and I applaud the Senators for raising the issue.

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Data (8 Jun 2016)

Heather Humphreys: ...information and data to bolster policy development in areas of common interest and in the furtherance of North South cooperation. In that regard, the ESRI research report ‘Attitudes towards the Irish Language on the Island of Ireland’, which was commissioned by Foras na Gaeilge and published last year, illustrates the benefits of conducting research and collecting data in an...

Report of Sub-Committee on Dáil Reform: Motion (19 May 2016) See 1 other result from this debate

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: ...welcome. In particular, for a number of years I have proposed the setting up of a coiste ar an nGaeilge agus tá súil agam go mbeidh sé sin in ann an obair atá os a chomhair a dhéanamh i gceart. The Irish language committee has a lot of work in front of it because even though there was a sub-committee on the Irish language for many years, it is now a committee in...

An Teanga Gaeilge: Statements (Resumed) (18 May 2016) See 2 other results from this debate

Heather Humphreys: ...statements, it is disappointing that some Deputies did not use their time to be constructive, rather they spent their time giving out and offered little by way of solutions and fresh thinking on the promotion of the Irish language. Deputy Brendan Griffin offered a good suggestion that towns in Gaeltacht areas twin with towns outside them. That is certainly a good idea that is worth...

An Teanga Gaeilge: Statements (18 May 2016) See 3 other results from this debate

Fergus O'Dowd: ...for?", dúradh liom go raibh siad ag féachaint i dtreo duine a bhí istigh i mbosca sa chúinne. Níl a fhios agam an t-ainm ceart atá air - Manchán, b'fhéidir. He is a well-known Irish speaker ar an teilifís. Bhí Foclóir Uí Dhuinnín aige. Tá a fhios ag na Teachtaí atá i láthair cén foclóir...

Business of Dáil (5 May 2016)

Mary Lou McDonald: ...and Garda resourcing, and I am pleased to see that we are having those statements and that debate today. It is, however, very disappointing and inexplicable that mental health and statements on the Irish language got written out of the schedule. It does not make any sense to do that and then to ask the House to rise at 4.30 p.m. I put it to the would-be, acting or virtual Taoiseach that...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Scéimeanna Fostaíochta (26 Apr 2016)

Joan Burton: ...the JobPath initiative. JobPath is a new approach to employment activation to support long-term unemployed people and those most at risk of becoming long-term unemployed to secure full-time paid employment or self-employment. It is a condition of the contract with Seetec that services are provided in accordance with the provisions of the Official Languages Act, 2003. The Department...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Inniúlacht sa Ghaeilge sa Státseirbhís (6 Apr 2016)

Joan Burton: ...Clochán Liath and Beal an Mhuirthead Intreo Centres and An Daingean branch office. All of these offices can currently provide a direct (telephone/ face to face) service through Irish. The Department is currently in the process of arranging to fill three vacant posts which require the assignment of a bilingual staff member. A review is currently under way to determine the overall...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Inniúlacht sa Ghaeilge sa Státseirbhís (6 Apr 2016)

Paschal Donohoe: ...áid a fhaightear i nGaeilge. Coimeádfaidh an Roinn an t-ábhar faoi hathbhreithniú lena chinntiú gur féidir léi leanúint ar aghaidh a cuid seirbhísí a sholáthar i nGaeilge nuair is gá é sin a dhéanamh. There are currently 454 staff in my Department.  There is one Irish Language Officer, but there are no other...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Early Childhood Care Education (6 Apr 2016)

Joe McHugh: ...administers three schemes which provide funding for naíonraí. The Language Support Scheme supports naíonra staff and non-teaching school staff members who undertake training to improve their Irish language proficiency. Another scheme - Scéim Le Chéile Trí Ghaeilge – makes grantsavailable to naíonraí, Irish-medium schools and Gaeltacht...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Consultancy Contracts Data (28 Jan 2016)

Heather Humphreys: ...management posts within Údarás na Gaeltachta (to be published when signed off) €17,617 2015 Acadamh na hOllscolaíochta Gaeilge, NUIG Summary report on consultative process and Open Policy Debate regarding the 20-Year Strategy for the Irish Language 2010-2030 (in preparation; to be published in due course) €7,123 (estimated)

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Irish Language (14 Jan 2016)

Joe McHugh: For the past number of years, Foras na Gaeilge has had contractual agreements with Gaelchultúr/Coláiste na hÉireann for the provision of Irish language training services to the public service. The value of the current contract for these services, for the period from March 2015 to February 2018, is €40,000 per annum. In accordance with these contractual agreements,...

Northern Ireland: Statements (25 Nov 2015)

Gerry Adams: ..., no civic forum and no Acht na Gaeilge. If we apply ourselves we will achieve these measures in the time ahead. Why should Irish-speaking children in the North have to wait for unreconstructed Unionism to decide whether Irish language rights are permissible? I again call for regular, perhaps monthly, debates on the North to deal with Government proposals and have discussions on all of...

Seanad: Tributes to Former Senator Jack Fitzsimons (18 Nov 2015)

Thomas Byrne: ...as one of the most informative and illuminating books written in north Meath in the latter part of the 20th century. When one dips into that book, one gets some fascinating insights. I have a huge interest in the Irish language. Jack explains clearly that the etymology or derivation of the placename Staholmog comes from the word "teach" in the Irish language. The manner in which that...

Seanad: Order of Business (10 Nov 2015) See 1 other result from this debate

Rónán Mullen: ...chumas an choiste céanna seo féachaint chuige go bhfuil dóthain cainteoirí inniúla Gaeilge sa Státseirbhís. Sin ceist mhór mar ní sin mar atá i láthair na huaire. Although we often speak about it during the week in which St. Patrick's Day falls, Seachtain na Gaeilge and so on, the challenges facing the Irish language in the Gaeltacht...

Seanad: Budget 2016: Statements (13 Oct 2015)

Trevor Ó Clochartaigh: ...very disappointed. I spoke in a debate with the Minister of State, Deputy McHugh, earlier on Raidió na Gaeltachta. I remarked on the complete and utter disdain this Government has shown for the Irish language and the Gaeltacht areas once more in the cuts the Government has brought in to Gaeltacht areas, including a 20% cut for Foras na Gaeilge and a practical cut for...

Seanad: Broadcasting and Media in Ireland: Statements (7 Oct 2015) See 1 other result from this debate

Brian Ó Domhnaill: ...should either withdraw the fee entirely - I do not think that is the right thing to do - or level the playing field. This is an issue which needs to be addressed. The area was identified in the programme for Government and I know the Minister is working towards a solution. The whole of Irish-language broadcasting and the work which has been done by go háirithe TG4 agus RTE...