€100.098m, representing 9% of my Department's total allocation, has been allocated to my Department's Programme C (Gaeltacht and Irish Language) area for 2024. This allocation does not include some €57.033m allocated under my Department's Media allocation to TG4 for next year.
The allocation provided under Programme C will allow my Department to:
• increase support for Údarás na Gaeltachta;
• maintain support for the Department's Gaeltacht support schemes;
• provide addition support for the Department's Irish language support schemes;
• increase supports for teenagers from disadvantaged backgrounds wishing to attend Irish summer college;
• continue to support cross-border co-operation in the languages sector via An Foras Teanga; and,
• maintain support for the Language Planning Process.