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Thursday, 16 July 2009 The worst proposals for the Irish language since the Statutes of Kilkenny If 'An Bord Snip Nua,' or the New Snip Board as it should be known, deliberately set out to undermine the Irish language then I doubt they would have come up with worse proposals regarding it than the ones in their report today. Those proposals are: Abolishing the Department of Community Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs. Effectively abolishing Údarás na Gaeltachta. Abolishing Comhairle um Oideachas Gaeltachta agus Gaelscolaíochta (COGG), the body which produces text books for Irish language schools. Transferring the Irish language responsibilities of the Gaeltacht Department to the Department of Education, a proposal that will send a shiver down the spine of anyone who values the language and has experience of the department's attitude to it. Cutting TG4's budget by €10 million. Scrapping most (all?) Gaeltacht grants. Reducing the number of state documents in Irish. I'm not all that bothered about scrapping grants for infrastructure and houses in the Gaeltacht, or the amount of government documents produced in Irish, but the cut in support for households who host Gaeltacht College students in the summer could have a serious effect on the language and the economy in areas of the official Gaeltacht where Irish is actually spoken. 1-5 are an absolute disgrace however and are a serious attack on Irish. The Gaeltacht Department, the Údarás, COGG and TG4 were all set up because English speaking Ireland can't be trusted to look after Irish speakers. The industrial development duties of Údarás na Gaeltachta will be transferred to Enterprise Ireland and with it any attempt to attract industry that won't undermine the Irish language. For some reason the report says €10 million should be cut from TG4's budget, but no proposals are made to cut state English language broadcasting. Some may argue that the spend on TG4 and many other cultural initiatives are not justifiable at present, but no such argument can be made regarding the worst proposal of all, the decision to scrap Comhairle um Oideachas Gaeltachta agus Gaelscolaíochta (COGG) in order to save the grand total of €1.2 million of the €5.3 billion in cutbacks proposed. This body was set up due to the utter failure of successive Irish governments to ensure that Irish people have the basic right, in Ireland, of getting an Irish language education for their children. COGG was charged with producing Irish language text books and study aids for Gaelscoileanna because the Department of Education has refused to do so. Now the New Snip Board wants to scrap COGG and let the Department of Education look after Gaelscoileanna, the same department that has recently banned immersion education in Ireland under the false belief that it damages the English skills of pupils (when all the research shows that it actually improves them), and a department that won't recognise new Gaelscoileanna. The message from the report couldn't be more clear: Let them read English textbooks in Irish language schools. What kind of a country are we that doesn't allow all parents to send their children to Irish language schools and then forces* the ones who do make it in to use English language textbooks while learning through Irish? It was bad enough that Irish language education was suppressed in Ireland for centuries, without us, still one of the richest counties on Earth, now doing it ourselves, on a spurious economic basis. The government has to cut spending, so I suggest merging the Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht affairs with the Department of Arts, Sports and Tourism to form a new slimmed down Department of Culture and the Irish Language, I never agreed with having a Gaeltacht department, the language belongs to the entire country. (*In case anyone was wondering I think Irish should be optional in English medium schools). 1 comment:
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Ceisteanna Coitianta Cén áit go díreach a bhfuil limistéir Ghaeltachta na hÉireann? Cuimsíonn an Ghaeltacht codanna fairsinge de chontaetha Dhún na nGall, Mhaigh Eo, na Gaillimhe agus Chiarraí – iad seo uile ar imeallbhord an Iarthair – chomh maith le codanna de chontaetha Chorcaí, na Mí agus Phort Láirge. Céard é daonra na Gaeltachta? Tá daonra na Gaeltachta beagán de bhreis ar 95,000 de réir mar a léirigh Daonáireamh 2006 agus tá 30,000 de líon lucht oibre in iomlán sa Ghaeltacht. Céard é go díreach ‘An Ghaeltacht’? Tugtar an Ghaeltacht ar na ceantair sin in Éirinn ina bhfuil an Ghaeilge mar ghnáth-theanga labhartha ag líon mór den phobal. Céard é Údarás na Gaeltachta? Gníomhaireacht Stáit is ea Údarás na Gaeltachta atá freagrach as forbairt eacnamaíoch agus shóisialta na Gaeltachta a chur chun cinn ar mhaithe le caomhnú agus leathadh na Gaeilge mar phríomhtheanga an réigiúin. Cathain a bunaíodh Údarás na Gaeltachta? Bunaíodh Údarás na Gaeltachta sa bhliain 1980 faoin Acht um Údarás na Gaeltachta, 1979, agus tá sé ag tógáil ar an obair a rinne Gaeltarra Éireann (1958-1979). Cad iad na príomhréimsí den ghníomhaíocht eacnamaíoch sa Ghaeltacht? San áireamh i measc gníomhaíochtaí eacnamaíocha na Gaeltachta tá talmhaíocht, iascaireacht, uisceshaothrú, acmhainní nádúrtha eile, teicstílí, innealtóireacht, leictreonaic, gníomhaíochtaí closamhairc agus teileachumarsáidí. Cén tráth ag a dtairgeann Údarás na Gaeltachta cúnamh do ghnólachtaí? Is féidir le gnólachtaí nua atá ag dul i mbun oibre sa Ghaeltacht a bheith i dteideal cúnamh airgeadais nó cúnamh eile ó Údarás na Gaeltachta. Tá cúnamh ar fáil freisin do chuideachtaí atá ag fairsingiú nó ag pleanáil d’fhairsingiú. Cé mhéid duine atá fostaithe sna tionscail a fhaigheann cúnamh ó Údarás na Gaeltachta? Tá 8,026 post lánaimseartha agus timpeall 4,220 post páirtaimsearach agus séasúrach i gceist sna tionscail seo. Conas a bheadh a fhios agam an bhfuil mo chuideachta inghlactha nó i dteideal cúnaimh ó Údarás na Gaeltachta? Déantar measúnú nó anailís eacnamaíoch ar do phlean gnó. Déan teagmháil le hoifig réigiúnach Údarás na Gaeltachta i do limistéar ar mhaithe le treoir faoin eolas ba cheart a chur chugainn sa phlean gnó. Beidh áthas orainn comhairle a chur ort. Cén cineál pacáiste cúnaimh atá le fáil ó Údarás na Gaeltachta? I measc na ndreasachtaí airgeadais ginearálta tá deontais fhostaíochta, deontais chaipitil, fóirdheontais chíosa, fóirdheontais úis agus fóirdheontais oiliúna. I measc na ndreasachtaí airgeadais ar mhaithe le cur chun cinn teicneolaíochta tá deontais staidéir féidearthacht, deontais taighde agus forbartha, deontais ceadúnúcháin, agus deontais i dtaca le comhfhiontair. I measc na ndreasachtaí seachas cúnamh airgeadais, tá cóiríocht, comhairle, cúnamh le hearcaíocht agus oiliúint, treoir eascartha, agus comhairle dhlithiúil. Cén cineál gníomhaíochtaí ar mhaithe le teanga agus cultúr lena bhfuil Údarás na Gaeltachta gafa? Tacaíonn Rannóg Forbartha Teanga agus Cultúir Údarás na Gaeltachta le réimse leathan tionscnamh a bhfuil de chuspóir leo an Ghaeilge agus na himeachtaí cultúrtha a ghabhann léi a chothú, a fhorbairt agus a chur chun cinn trí thacaíocht mhaoinithe agus chomhairliúchaín. San áireamh anseo tá scéimeanna tacaíochta do naíonraí agus clubanna óige, ranganna Gaeilge, cláir in-seirbhíse ar mhaithe le cur chun cinn na teanga, cúrsaí trí Ghaeilge, comórtais liteartha, féilte agus a lán gníomhaíochtaí eile. Conas is féidir liom teacht ar eolas faoi gníomhaíochtaí agus ranganna? Déan teagmháil linn ag oifigí réigiúnacha an Údarais agus beidh áthas orainn gach eolas a thabhairt duit faoi ranganna Gaeilge, cúrsaí trí Ghaeilge, oiliúint óige, naíonraí, oiliúint réamhscolaíochta, nó aon ghníomhaíochtaí teanga agus cultúrtha i do limistéar. Nó cliceáil anseo d’fhonn e-phost a sheoladh go: eolas@udaras.ie.