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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Mid-Year Review of Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Discussion (3 Oct 2018)

Joe McHugh: Yes. I will take the questions in reverse order, if that is okay with the Deputy. She asked about a €700,000 carry-over on the islands capital side. That will be spent. Much of it is being spent at present. The councils make applications and work ranges from piers to roads to small minor works and so on. It is in the process of being spent. The second question was about post...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Mid-Year Review of Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Discussion (3 Oct 2018)

Joe McHugh: If the An Post service is viable, there is an independent mechanism for someone in the area-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Mid-Year Review of Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Discussion (3 Oct 2018)

Joe McHugh: If there is no post office, what would be the special status? There must be a service from An Post. I do not speak on behalf of An Post but the company has said there is an independent mechanism and anywhere a post office has been closed, a proposal can be made. It will be assessed. If the services have been taken from a post office in a Gaeltacht area, the services will be provided for...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Mid-Year Review of Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Discussion (3 Oct 2018)

Joe McHugh: This comes under the remit of the Department of Education and Skills. I am happy to find out the number of extra Gaelscoileanna being built this year if the Deputy is asking the question. The Deputy mentioned Bliain na Gaeilge and there has been a commitment to €530,000 in funding, a big percentage of which is being spent across a broad spectrum of areas. These include Beo:...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Mid-Year Review of Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Discussion (3 Oct 2018)

Joe McHugh: Yes. The message came quite clearly from the Houses of the Oireachtas through the committee and from politicians that Bliain na Gaeilge was not a Government-owned initiative but was very much about trying to build on the enthusiasm that exists, whether it is inside or outside the Gaeltacht.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Mid-Year Review of Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Discussion (3 Oct 2018)

Joe McHugh: One mechanism of measuring the success of the Irish language is through the census. Our five-year action plan will be our measurement of the effectiveness of the resources we are putting into preschools, na naoínraí. We are identifying how to put resources into younger learners and give support systems to parents wishing to raise their children through Irish when they are not...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Mid-Year Review of Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Discussion (3 Oct 2018)

Joe McHugh: There is not a direct correlation between construction of schools and the language.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Mid-Year Review of Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Discussion (3 Oct 2018)

Joe McHugh: We are constantly evaluating the schemes. Even in the mid-term review today we are looking at where we spend our money. There is a phenomenal budget across a broad spectrum. We are advertising to fill 72 positions for translators and interpreters in Brussels and Strasbourg. We should be honest that it is a challenge but we constantly encourage people to go for these posts. With the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Mid-Year Review of Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Discussion (3 Oct 2018)

Joe McHugh: Leithdháileadh €43.5 milliún in 2017 do chlár C don Ghaeilge, don Ghaeltacht agus do na hoileáin. Tá maoiniú reatha de €33.196 milliún san áireamh anseo, mar aon le €10.348 milliún i gcaiteachas caipitil. Ba é €15.818 milliún an t-ollchaiteachas iomlán do chlár C go dtí 30 Meitheamh 2018. Mar...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Mid-Year Review of Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Discussion (3 Oct 2018)

Joe McHugh: Gabhaim buíochas leis an gCathaoirleach. Bhí cúpla moladh agus cúpla ceist aige. Ní aontaím leis maidir leis an Roinn a bheith ag obair i silo. Níl a fhios agam cén Gaeilge atá ar silo, ach níl sin fíor ná ceart. Tá sárobair déanta idir mo Roinn féin, an Roinn Oideachais agus Scileanna agus an Roinn...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Mid-Year Review of Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Discussion (3 Oct 2018)

Joe McHugh: Bhí na spriocanna ar pháipéar in 2007 ach níor cuireadh an plean seo i bhfeidhm riamh. Ba shin an smaoineamh a bhí ann ag an am sin agus ba am difriúil é fosta. Anois tá muidne-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Mid-Year Review of Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Discussion (3 Oct 2018)

Joe McHugh: Níor cuireadh é i bhfeidhm. Anois tá gealltanas déanta maidir leis an €178 milliún don bhuiséad caipitil thar na deich mbliana atá romhainn. Tá gealltanas déanta maidir leis sin. Maidir le pleanáil teanga, bhí an Cathaoirleach ag caint fadúda 2012. Tá an ceart aige. Thug an t-iarTeachta Dinny McGinley, mar Aire...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Mid-Year Review of Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Discussion (3 Oct 2018)

Joe McHugh: Tá an tionchar agus an slat tomhais le feiceáil san obair atá déanta ag an Aire, an Teachta Bruton, ar an pholasaí oideachais. Nuair a bhí sé-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Mid-Year Review of Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Discussion (3 Oct 2018)

Joe McHugh: Is slat tomhais é sin. Tá an Roinn ag déanamh comhairliúchán leis na bunscoileanna agus na meánscoileanna agus ag iarraidh breis tacaíochta dóibh. Tá bearna mór i gcúpla ceantar Gaeltachta nach bhfuil múinteoir scoile ar fáil dóibh. Tá an deacracht chéanna i nGaelscoileanna taobh amuigh den Ghaeltacht. Mar...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Mid-Year Review of Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Discussion (3 Oct 2018)

Joe McHugh: Is é sin an slat tomhais, áfach, na daoine le Gaeilge. Sin an cheist a chur an Cathaoirleach orm.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Mid-Year Review of Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Discussion (3 Oct 2018)

Joe McHugh: Níl aon míthuiscint ann.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Mid-Year Review of Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Discussion (3 Oct 2018)

Joe McHugh: Nuair a chuir an Teachta Niamh Smyth an cheist orm ar dtús, bhí mé ag caint fadúda an daonáireamh. Is é sin an slat tomhais maidir leis an líon daoine a úsáideann an teanga ó lá go lá. Nuair a tháinig an polasaí oideachais isteach, bhí measúnú déanta ag an Roinn Oideachais agus Scileanna freisin....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Mid-Year Review of Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Discussion (3 Oct 2018)

Joe McHugh: I thank the Deputies for raising a broad spectrum of important issues. It proves how multifaceted rural Ireland is. My colleague, the Minister of State, Deputy Griffin, has contacted me about the issue Deputy Danny Healy-Rae mentioned. I wish the individual who is making the application well with the process. It is an independent process and obviously there will be no political influence...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Mid-Year Review of Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Discussion (3 Oct 2018)

Joe McHugh: Táimid i gcónaí ag labhairt faoi bhreis airgid a fháil. Tá mé ag déanamh fíor-iarracht faoi láthair. Tá sé i gceist go mbeidh €7 milliún ar fáil i mbliana le haghaidh na dtograí caipitil. Níl aon toradh maidir leis an gcaiteachas reatha go fóill.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Mid-Year Review of Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Discussion (3 Oct 2018)

Joe McHugh: Má tá aon airgead breise ar fáil, tá mé anseo. Bíonn mé ag labhairt le mo chomhghleacaithe - an Aire, an Teachta Ring; agus an Aire Stáit, an Teachta Kyne - mar chuid den chomhoibriú idir an dá Roinn. Má tá aon airgead ar fáil, beidh mé sásta é a chaitheamh.