Michael Cahill (Kerry, Fianna Fail)
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577. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he will support the promotion of the Irish language throughout the Iveragh Peninsula, County Kerry by resourcing and implementing the Nascadh Uíbh Ráthach community-based language plan (details supplied) as a matter of priority; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16775/25]

Charlie McConalogue (Donegal, Fianna Fail)
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Funding not exceeding €15,000 was approved in June 2022 to enable Nascadh Uíbh Ráthaigh to prepare a Language Plan for that area of Uíbh Ráthaigh that is situated outside the official Gaeltacht boundaries and outside the Gaeltacht Service Town of Cahersiveen.

This grant was approved in line with the commitment made in the Government’s 2018-2022 Action Plan for the Irish Language, launched in June 2018. Funding for the preparation of the plan was sanctioned on an exceptional basis - recognising the specific circumstances of the area.

Údarás na Gaeltachta and Foras na Gaeilge are responsible under the Gaeltacht Act for supporting organisations in relation to the preparation and implementation of language plans in the Gaeltacht Service Towns, depending on whether the town is located within a Gaeltacht Language Planning Area or outside it. It is therefore recommended that contact should be made with Foras na Gaeilge to further explore the issue of funding the plan.

You can be assured that my Department will continue to work in collaboration with all stakeholders, towards ensuring the successful implementation of the language planning process, ensuring the resources are available to serve it in the most effective way possible. Ensuring that the language planning process is functioning as intended is a priority for the Department.