While visiting Cathair Saidhbhín today, the Minister of State for the Gaeltacht, Patrick O'Donovan T.D. announced that the Cathair Saidhbhín language plan has been approved under the language planning process. This is the eighth town to be recognised as a Gaeltacht Service Town under the language planning process and the 37th plan in total that has been approved under the process that began nine years ago.
To support the implementation of the plan, Minister of State O'Donovan announced that a fund of up to €80,000 per year for a period of seven years will be available - which will enable the promoters of the plan to employ a Language Planning Officer to co-ordinate its implementation.
Minister of State O’Donovan said:
"I would like to congratulate Kerry County Council who have taken on the role of lead organisation in collaboration with interested parties locally. I also congratulate all who were involved in putting together the language plan for the town. As with all the other plans approved to date, the town's community will now be afforded opportunities to promote the Irish language locally. The approval of this plan will support the implementation of the language planning process in Cathair Saidhbhín and the Kerry Gaeltacht as a whole."
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Note to the Editor:
- A total fund worth €6.55m is being made available to support the language planning process in the current year. This represents an increase of €750,000 on the fund available in 2022.
- All of the 26 Gaeltacht Language Planning Areas have now been approved.
- 7 Gaeltacht Service Towns have been approved under the process to date – Letterkenny, Daingean Uí Chúis, Galway City, An Clochán Liath, Tralee, Castlebar and Dungarvan.
- Language plans are currently being prepared in 3 Gaeltacht Service Towns – Cork City, Ballinrobe and Clifden.
- 3 Irish Language Networks have also been approved under the process – Ennis, Loughrea and Clondalkin. In addition, Foras na Gaeilge has approved non-statutory plans for the West Belfast and Carn Tóchar Irish Language Networks in the North.