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Seanad: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (17 Jul 2024)

Marie Sherlock: ...xed; Ghaeilge a fhorbairt. I am struck that there is a specific requirement in the Bill for population and housing targets for city development plans yet we do not have that same requirement for the Gaeltachtaí, the Gaeltacht language planning areas, Gaeltacht service towns or areas that might be designated as Irish language networks. That is a glaring gap in the legislation. I...

Seanad: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (16 Jul 2024) See 1 other result from this debate

Paul Gavan: I move amendment No. 74: In page 67, between lines 34 and 35, to insert the following: "(g) protection of the linguistic and cultural heritage of Irish language and Gaeltacht communities including the promotion of Irish as the community language, specifically by supporting the implementation of language plans in Limistéir Phleanála Teanga Ghaeltachta, in Bailte...

Údarás na Gaeltachta (Amendment) Bill 2024: Second Stage (11 Jul 2024) See 1 other result from this debate

Thomas Pringle: ...;darás na Gaeltachta under the Gaeltacht Act 2012. I always disagreed with the nomination process that has been in place since 2012 and I welcome the return of the election process which is far more fair and democratic. The Irish language is an essential part of our cultural heritage and national identity. It is steeped in tradition and history but there is also a very important...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Irish Language (11 Jul 2024) See 1 other result from this debate

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: ...place. We could have that rolled out to people in order that they know where they are on the ladder. It would be extremely beneficial for recruitment down the road. I would love to see the Irish language included in the terms of reference of a citizens' assembly on education, which, as the Minister will know, is the subject matter of another question I tabled that will not be reached...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Scoileanna Gaeilge agus Gaeltachta (11 Jul 2024) See 1 other result from this debate

Norma Foley: .... Work on the development of a new policy for Irish-medium education outside of the Gaeltacht is in progress in my Department. This policy will sit within the overall framework of the 20-year strategy for the Irish language and will build on the achievements of the policy on Gaeltacht education. Among the objectives for the new policy are exploring how opportunities for the...

Joint Committee on the Irish Language, the Gaeltacht and the Irish Speaking Community: Riachtanas Gaeilge do Stiúrthóirí Boird Oideachais agus Oiliúna: Plé (10 Jul 2024)

...competent in both Irish and English. At that time, there was provision for an interview in Irish for the most senior role in the education and training boards. However, since 2018, this requirement was revised to make Irish language proficiency desirable rather essential. GRETB has an extremely positive disposition towards Gaeilge and the acquisition and protection of the Irish...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: School Admissions (3 Jul 2024)

Barry Ward: ...Cherrywood, which is at the end of a Luas line. Parents who live right along the Luas line could very easily send their children to a secondary school in Cherrywood even though they live way outside the area. Maidir leis an gceist sin ar phátrúnacht na nGaelcholáistí, ba cheart go mbeidh slí dhifriúil ann chun cinneadh a dhéanamh ar an gcineál...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (25 Jun 2024)

Eugene Murphy: ...for RTÉ - it was only in 1984 or 1985 when he took all over from Mícheál O'Hehir who stepped down and retired at that stage. Bhí suim mhór ag Mícheál sa teanga. He was a most outstanding man for the Irish language. Bhí sé ábalta labhairt as Béarla agus as Gaeilge ag an am céanna. He did more for the Irish language than anybody...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Education (20 Jun 2024)

Patrick O'Donovan: ...recurrent funding to the Higher Education Authority (HEA), which in turn disburses this funding as a block grant to designated HEIs. The allocation of this funding, including any expenditure on Irish-language education initiatives, is managed by the individual HEIs. My Department is committed to implementing the Official Languages Act and providing Irish-language services. The Official...

Planning and Development Bill 2023: Report Stage (Resumed) (12 Jun 2024) See 7 other results from this debate

Eoin Ó Broin: I move amendment No. 237: In page 74, line 38, after “Gaeltacht” to insert “, the use of Irish within Gaeltacht Language Planning Areas, Gaeltacht Service Towns and Irish Language Networks, their economic, social, and infrastructural development in coordination with Údarás na Gaeltachta or Foras na Gaeilge as appropriate, and support for the implementation of...

Planning and Development Bill 2023: Report Stage (11 Jun 2024) See 1 other result from this debate

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: ...Irish in the Gaeltacht and beyond at this Stage, on which we are dealing with an creatlach pleanála náisiúnta. The Minister has taken note of what we were saying on Committee Stage but we still believe there has to be recognition of the need to plan and protect the Irish language at each level of any planning framework, regional plan, spatial plan or priority plan. Right...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Irish Language (11 Jun 2024) See 1 other result from this answer

Patrick O'Donovan: Reflecting the importance of the Irish language in the higher education system, the Higher Education Authority Act 2022 includes in the objects of the Higher Education Authority (HEA) the responsibility of ensuring that higher education institutions support the promotion and use of the Irish language. It should however by noted that higher education institutions (HEIs) are autonomous in their...

Commission for Future Generations Bill 2023: Second Stage [Private Members] (30 May 2024)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: I move: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time." In doing so, I am moving that the Bill, entitled an Act to provide for the establishment of a body to be known in the Irish language as an Coimisiún um Ghlúnta sa Todhchaí or in the English language as the Commission for Future Generations for the purpose of reporting to the Government in relation to the establishment of an...

Seanad: Order of Business (30 May 2024)

Annie Hoey: ...group. For those who do not know, Bánú means deserted or depopulated. The literal translation is whitened. It is a group founded last year to advocate for increased housing in Gaeltacht areas for Irish language speakers. The housing crisis is obviously felt across the country. There is nowhere to buy and few places to rent, but I suppose that is felt acutely in Gaeltacht...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Irish Language (30 May 2024) See 1 other result from this answer

Thomas Byrne: In the context of my Department’s role in coordinating the implementation of the Government’s Action Plan for the Irish Language (Plean Gníomhaíochta 2018-2022), the fourth annual progress report on its ongoing implementation on behalf of Government was published in December 2023. The plan itself was first published in 2018 in order to accelerate and better...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Pleananna Oideachais (28 May 2024)

Norma Foley: ...procurement process and carried out by Sealbhú, DCU. · A report outlining the provision of Irish-medium education outside of the Gaeltacht was written and published by my Department. · Research on Irish-medium units and streams in English-medium schools is underway. A new unit was established within my Department in April this year to focus on the teaching of Irish as...

Housing for All: Statements (21 May 2024)

Cian O'Callaghan: ...place for most of the history of the State and the Minister should use the powers available under Acht na dTithe (Gaeltacht) (Leasú) 2001 to re-establish the Gaeltacht housing grant scheme to support Irish language speakers, to help them to live in the Gaeltacht and reverse the decline in Gaeltacht areas. This Government has failed to enforce its own laws when it comes to rent...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (1 May 2024)

Matt Shanahan: When this Government was formed in 2020 there was a post office, a GP practice and an active Garda station in Gaeltacht na nDéise. Despite all the ráméising in this House about protecting our Irish language, having it listed as an official EU working language, mandatory publishing and broadcasting as Gaeilge, the Government supports required to protect our teanga are not in...

Joint Committee on the Irish Language, the Gaeltacht and the Irish Speaking Community: Pleanáil Teanga Lasmuigh den Ghaeltacht: Plé (1 May 2024) See 2 other results from this debate

...;irí, Jimmy Barry-Murphy agus an Soilse Mícheál D. Ó hUigínn, gan trácht ar chúpla iománaí ar an gclaí. I ndiaidh dom labhairt le pobal na Gaeilge sa chathair, sa chontae, san ollscoil agus ar líne, dúradh liomsa mar chathaoirleach ar Ghael-Taca gur cheart dúinne leanúint orainn. Nuair a tháinig sé chun...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teacher Training (30 Apr 2024)

Norma Foley: ..., at least one of these blocks must be in a Gaeltacht setting with the option of one block in an Irish medium setting. The immersive educational experience(s) for Gaeilge must be one of the following: attending an Irish language course working as a staff member in an educational setting in the Gaeltacht conducting an action research project which is of relevance to their teaching...