Peadar Tóibín (Meath West, Aontú)
Link to this: Individually | In context | Oireachtas source

607. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the responsibilities under her Department for the Gaeltacht; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18303/21]

Peadar Tóibín (Meath West, Aontú)
Link to this: Individually | In context | Oireachtas source

608. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the details of any changes to the responsibilities for the Gaeltacht under her Department from 2020 to date; the rationale for such changes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18304/21]

Peadar Tóibín (Meath West, Aontú)
Link to this: Individually | In context | Oireachtas source

609. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the rationale for such changes in which responsibilities for the Gaeltacht under her Department have moved to another Department in 2020 and to date in 2021; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18305/21]

Jack Chambers (Dublin West, Fianna Fail)
Link to this: Individually | In context | Oireachtas source

I propose to take Questions Nos. 607 to 609, inclusive, together.

There has been no change in relation to Departmental responsibility for Gaeltacht regions, which remains with the Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media. These functions are set out in relevant legislation, including

- the Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Act 1956 (No. 21 of 1956);

- the Údarás na Gaeltachta Act 1979 (No. 5 of 1979) as amended;

- the Official Languages Act 2003 (No. 32 of 2003);

- the Gaeltacht Act 2012 (No. 34 of 2012).

Details of the various schemes operated by my Department can be found on the Government's website www.gov.ie.