Gabhaim buíochas leis an Teachta Ó Snodaigh. Cuireann Foras na Gaeilge maoiniú ar fáil d'fhoilseacháin agus d'irisí Gaeilge, idir clóite agus ar líne, i gcomhréir lena fheidhm reachtúil chun úsáid na Gaeilge a éascú agus a spreagadh ar bhonn uile-oileáin. Tuigtear dom go ndearna bord an fhorais an cheist seo a mheas roinnt uaireanta le deich mbliana anuas agus gur tógadh sainchinntí ina leith bunaithe ar a straitéis pobal léitheoireachta Gaeilge inmharthana a chothú agus an luach is fearr ar airgead a chinntiú trí …

Aithnítear go bhfuil dúshláin roimh fhoilsitheoirí na Gaeilge faoi láthair. Cuireadh €300,000 breise ar fáil do chlár na leabhar Gaeilge mar chuid de bhuiséad 2023 dá bharr. D'fhógair mé €300,000 breise d'Fhoras na Gaeilge ag tús na bliana seo chomh maith chun tacú leis an earnáil foilsitheoireachta. Leanfaidh mo Roinn agus Foras na Gaeilge ag breathnú ar roghanna agus deiseanna chun tacú tuilleadh le foilsitheoirí na Gaeilge san am atá amach romhainn mar atá déanta go dtí seo.

Gabhaim buíochas arís leis an Teachta Ó Snodaigh as an méid atá ráite aige maidir le buiséad 2024. Tuigim agus tuigeann an Teach go léir gur obair neamhspleách í an obair atá déanta agus atá le déanamh ag Foras na Gaeilge. Oibríonn sé ar bhonn uile-oileán. Tuigtear cé chomh deacair is atá sé de bharr eachtraí sa Tuaisceart. Tá muidne i Roinn na Gaeltachta ag déanamh ár ndíchill agus ag obair le Foras na Gaeilge. Tá an-mhéid déanta ag an bhforas go dtí seo ar scéimeanna difriúla, scéimeanna nuachtán, scéimeanna Idir…

Gabhaim buíochas arís leis an Teachta. Is ceist an-chasta í an cheist seo . Ó achtaíodh Acht na dTeangacha Oifigiúla (Leasú), 2021, tá mo Roinn i mbun oibre chun feidhm a thabhairt d'ailt agus d'fhorálacha uile an Achta ar bhonn céimiúil. Tá go leor nithe suntasacha tagtha chun cinn de thoradh an Achta cheana féin, eadhon bunú an choiste chomhairligh um sheirbhísí Gaeilge agus aontú conradh taighde i leith ullmhú an phlean náisiúnta. Anuas air sin, tá teacht i bhfeidhm alt 10A den Acht leasaithe, a chuireann dualga…

Tuigim nach bhfuil an Teachta ag gearán. Ar an ábhar sin, cé gur luadh dáta eatramhach den 31 Deireadh Fómhair 2023 i leith seo roimhe seo, beidh tréimhse ghearr eile ann anois sula mbeidh feidhm á tabhairt do na forálacha seo. Cuireadh na comhlachtaí poiblí uile ar an eolas faoi seo trí chomhfhreagras a seoladh chucu ar an 27 Deireadh Fómhair 2023, cé gur léir gur eisíodh roinnt alt míchruinn sna meáin faoi seo ó shin. Táthar ag súil le dul i dteagmháil leis na comhlachtaí poiblí arís sna seachtainí gearra amach r…

Tuigim go bhfuil an freagra seo casta ach tá sé an-tábhachtach dom, mar Aire Stáit, an freagra cruinn a chur os comhair na Dála. Chríochnaigh mé ar an gcoiste logainmneacha. Agus é beartaithe feidhm a thabhairt do na forálacha uile seo roimh dheireadh na bliana, ciallóidh sé sin go mbeidh feidhm tugtha d'fhorálacha substainteacha uile an Achta bliain chun cinn ar an sprioc atá leagtha síos ina leith. Is é sin an rud is tábhachtaí domsa. Bheadh an méid den Acht sin curtha i bhfeidhm roimh dheireadh na bliana seo. Is…

Cuireadh doiciméad dár dteideal, Scéim Tacaíochta do thuismitheoirí a bhfuil sé i gceist acu a bpaiste/í a thógáil le Gaeilge: Tuairimí Fhóraim Chois Fharraige um Pleanáil Teanga CTR, faoi bhráid mo Roinne ag tús mhí na Samhna. Ba mhaith liom an deis seo a ghlacadh mo bhuíochas a léiriú le fóram Chois Fharraige um pleanáil teanga as ucht an cháipéis seo a ullmhú agus as ucht obair na bliana atá déanta acu ag cur an phróiseas pleanála teanga chun cinn i gceantar Chois Fharraige. Ó cuireadh deireadh le scéim labhairt…

Bhí cruinniú ag mo Roinn le Comhar Naíonraí na Gaeltachta ar an 21 Meán Fómhair chun na féidearthachtaí maidir le scéim nua a chíoradh agus tá beartaithe ag an Roinn bualadh le grúpa ionadaíoch ar na hoifigigh pleanála teanga sna seachtainí amach romhainn chun a gcuid smaointe a bhailiú freisin. Anuas air sin, ag cruinniú i mí na Samhna de choiste comhairleach an Aire maidir leis an straitéis 20 bliain don Ghaeilge, glacadh cinneadh cruinniú ar leith den choiste a thionól luath sa bhliain nua ar mhaithe leis an gce…

Níl sé i gceist ag mo Roinn scéim labhairt na Gaeilge a thabhairt ar ais mar a bhí sé in 2011 ach ar an lámh eile cuireann mo Roinn raon leathan de tacaíochtaí eile ar fáil don Ghaeilge sa Ghaeltacht. Tá go leor tacaíochtaí ann. Mar a dúirt mé cheana, tá súil agam go mbeidh mé in ann fógra a dhéanamh maidir le ceann de na tacaíochtaí a chuirfear ar fáil, chomh luath agus is féidir.

Scéim forbartha líonraí Gaeilge is Foras na Gaeilge’s multi-annual community scheme to promote, protect and ingrain the Irish language in particular areas with an emphasis on the development and implementation of comprehensive language plans for the areas that are part of the scheme. There are 36 Irish language groups, North and South, funded through the scheme, including nine grantees within a number of the areas which have already been designated as Irish language networks or Gaeltacht service towns. The remainin…

As the Deputy beside Deputy Tully will know, the Department does give supports to groups outside of the Foras na Gaeilge application process, such as Baile Átha Cliath le Gaeilge and Gaillimh le Gaeilge. It might be helpful if I can take the details of some of the projects the Deputy is talking about in Cavan and Monaghan and have my officials in the Department have a look at them. The Deputy is correct with regard to people who want to rear their children through the medium of Irish or who want to school them thro…

Údarás na Gaeltachta has had record years with regard to the employment it has created. I can provide, in tabular form, the progress the Department has made in reversing some of the financial difficulties that there were for the medium of the Irish language. One thing that is really important, which I take from Deputy Tully's question, is that somebody who has an interest in the Irish language is not afraid to raise it in the medium of English. As somebody who has had to relearn it on three different occasions, inc…

Gabhaim buíochas leis an Teachta. Is faoi stiúir an Ard-Aighne a bhí an t-athbhreithniú agus an comhdhlúthú ar an Acht um Phleanáil agus Forbairt, 2000, ceann de na gníomhaíochtaí tosaíochta de chuid Tithíocht do Chách. Cuireadh tús le Tithíocht do Chách go déanach i samhradh 2021 agus tógadh go ceann scríbe é le foilsiú an dréacht Bhille um Phleanáil agus Forbairt, 2022 i mí Eanáir 2023. Rinne grúpa oibre an Ard-Aighne obair fhairsing ina leith, le rannpháirtíocht ón Roinn Tithíochta, Rialtais Áitiúil agus Oidhrea…

Tuigim cé chomh tábhachtach is atá an teanga sa Bhille seo agus cé chomh mór is atá an Bille féin. Níl sé léite agamsa ach an oiread ach tá súil agam go mbeidh seans agam i rith na Nollag. Nuair atá Daidí na Nollag críochnaithe le mo chlann, b’fhéidir go mbeidh mé in ann an Bille a léamh. An rud is tábhachtaí domsa ná go mbeidh seans ag mo Roinn agus an Roinn tithíochta na rudaí is tábhachtaí ó thaobh an teanga de a phlé. Beidh a fhios ag an Teachta go raibh an-díospóireacht againn sa choiste cúpla seachtain ó shin…

Maidir leis na treoirlínte, tá mo Roinn críochnaithe leis an ábhar sin. Tá na treoirlínte ag an Roinn tithíochta; mar sin, is ceist don Roinn sin í sin. Is ceist an-thábhachtach í. Maidir leis an mBille seo, tuigim cé chomh tábhachtach is atá an Bille seo, go háirithe do na daoine a bhfuil cónaí orthu sa Ghaeltacht. Ar an ábhar sin, tá sé tábhachtach a rá go mbeidh cruinniú á eagrú idir na hoifigigh ó Roinn na Gaeltachta agus an Roinn tithíochta chun labhairt faoi na leasuithe a dhéanfar le linn Chéim an Choiste sa…

As a former teacher, the week running into the "Late Late Toy Show" is very special in almost every primary school. I know the school concerned as I walk past it most mornings when I come into the Dáil because I stay in that part of Dublin. Last week, their little innocent world was shattered into a million pieces. It is our job to try to make sure their mams, dads and teachers feel we have their backs and will look after them. It is not in anybody's interest that this place turns in on itself when our democracy is…

I thank Deputy Connolly for raising this. I know she was unavailable on the day I was in Galway. I saw first-hand, when I visited Galway city recently following the flooding caused by Storm Debi, the devastation and impact flooding has on homes, businesses, people and entire communities. The Government has assessed the flood risk for those communities most at risk from significant flood events. The catchment flood risk assessment and management, CFRAM, programme, Ireland’s largest study of flood risk, was completed…

I know the website has not been updated. It is an issue my officials have brought to the attention of Galway City Council. As the level of the scheme is now greater than it was originally, primarily due to over-topping due to tidal effects, I have asked the city council to meet all the public representatives concerned, councillors and Oireachtas Members. By that stage, the council will have been given the most up-to-date information from the steering group. The meeting is to apprise everyone of what actually happen…

Deputy Connolly, as the Leas-Cheann Comhairle, knows more about the workings of this place than I do. I have no idea as regards the wording, or otherwise, that needs to be submitted.

The one-in-100-year event the Deputy referred to is the international norm for best practice for acceptable defences that can be put in place for climate adaptation and resilience to protect communities. It is not, therefore, unusual. I met Galway City Council’s engineers when I was down there. In six weeks, we saw four catastrophic events, Storm Debi included. It would be reckless not to feed in the data Galway City Council obtained on the night to ensure the steering group, which incorporates the OPW and Galway C…