Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 21 April 2021
607. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the responsibilities under her Department for the Gaeltacht; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18303/21]
View answer608. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media 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]
View answer609. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media 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]
View answerI 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.
