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Joint Committee on the Irish Language, the Gaeltacht and the Irish Speaking Community: Tithíocht agus Cúrsaí Pleanála Fisiciúla sa Ghaeltacht: Plé (Atógáil) (19 Jan 2022)

.... Investment in infrastructure may be an oblique way of supporting the Gaeltacht. This has been vindicated in the work done by Gaillimh le Gaeilge in its document "The economic benefits associated with the Irish language which accrue to Galway City and to the Galway Gaeltacht". That demonstrates that a lot of the services and infrastructure, particularly with regard to transport, which...

Joint Committee on the Irish Language, the Gaeltacht and the Irish Speaking Community: Tithíocht agus Cúrsaí Pleanála Fisiciúla sa Ghaeltacht: Plé (Atógáil) (19 Jan 2022)

Ms Caroline Phelan: That is it. The function of the development plan is to facilitate and be a catalyst. Our prime function is not to monitor the usage of the Irish language. It is a shared role as well. No single body can deliver it and that comes across from publications. It is shared between education, arts and culture and between Galway city, as a Galway city corporate body, and...

Joint Committee on the Irish Language, the Gaeltacht and the Irish Speaking Community: Tithíocht agus Cúrsaí Pleanála Fisiciúla sa Ghaeltacht: Plé (Atógáil) (19 Jan 2022)

...way, it would not be so coercive. In some ways the language plan will make it a more consensual advancement. According to the economic study that was done, 91% of people surveyed saw huge benefit in the Irish language, not just economically. It is also a matter of ownership and willingness. That exists in the city but it is a cross-partnership thing. Ms Bhreathnach might be more...

Joint Committee on the Irish Language, the Gaeltacht and the Irish Speaking Community: Tithíocht agus Cúrsaí Pleanála Fisiciúla sa Ghaeltacht: Plé (Atógáil) (19 Jan 2022)

Dara Calleary: ..., to challenge us to do more as a legislature to encourage the Gaeltacht, and not to be afraid to encouraging it. I know it is a multicultural city - I get that - but a unique part of Galway is our Irish-language part of the city. I am not hearing from the witnesses that they are ambitious or hungry enough to do more to develop that. Perhaps I am wrong, but I just do not get it from our...

Joint Committee on the Irish Language, the Gaeltacht and the Irish Speaking Community: Tithíocht agus Cúrsaí Pleanála Fisiciúla sa Ghaeltacht: Plé (Atógáil) (19 Jan 2022)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: ...ar fáil as Gaeilge ná an méid a bhí an príomhfheidhmeannach tar éis a rá maidir leis an tuarascáil a rinne sé ar an gcéad dhréacht den phlean. Ní raibh sé sin ar fáil as Gaeilge ach oiread. Rinne sé deacair do Ghaeilgeoirí a bheith mar chuid den phróiseas. Tá jab mór le déanamh ag na...