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Irish Language

Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 24 February 2022

Thursday, 24 February 2022

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Pádraig O'Sullivan

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24. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if consideration will be given to providing funding to develop the Irish language in areas of Cork city and county, similar to the BÁC le Gaeilge project in Dublin; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10312/22]

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My Department is committed to developing the use of the Irish language in Cork City and County. Funding has been provided by the Department over the years to the Irish language organisation, Gael-Taca Teo., for the promotion of the language in the community and business sectors, similar to the BÁC le Gaeilge initiative in Dublin. Funding is also currently being provided by Foras na Gaeilge to Gael-Taca under the statutory language planning process in order to develop a language plan for Cork City. The latest grant agreement - worth circa €94,000 annually - between my Department and Gael-Taca for the development of the language in the community and business sectors covered the period 2018-2020. Since the expiration of this grant agreement, my Department has been working with Gael-Taca to strengthen the organisation’s governance structure and processes with a view to agreeing a funding package for the coming years. With this in mind, discussions are currently underway with a number State institutions based in the city to assist Gael-Taca in this regard. Assuming the successful conclusion of these discussions and the agreement of Gael-Taca to proposals regarding the strengthening of governance arrangements within the organisation, the Department will be willing to examine the possibility of providing further funding for the development of the Irish language in the city, using Gael-Taca as a vehicle for same.

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