They’re taking pingin out of their póca.
Síne Nic an Ailí , of Irish language lobby group Conradh na Gaeilge writes:
Following feedback from the Irish-language and the Gaeltacht community since the announcement of Budget 2017 yesterday it is clear that the Government has let the Irish-language and the Gaeltacht community down badly in the budget for next year.
The Government is refusing to fund even the first stage of an investment plan agreed by 80 Irish-language and Gaeltacht groups that would create 1,175+ jobs and many opportunities for the public to use Irish. The proposal had been made that the funding of this plan could be done by reversing some of the cuts made since 2008 to Irish-language and Gaeltacht authorities.
The Foras na Gaeilge budget and the capital investment fund of Údarás na Gaeltachta, the body charged with creating employment in Gaeltacht areas, have in total been reduced by over 50% since 2008. There was €0 of new extra funding announced by the Government for these vitally important budgets in 2017.
This will mean that Foras na Gaeilge will have to continue with its cut backs of community projects, and the Údarás will not be able to create any new additional jobs in the Gaeltacht in 2017; the 2017 budget document states that an employment base of 7,000 jobs in the Gaeltacht will be maintained.
Troid!
…I’m sure it was nothing personal…at least the minister of Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs didn’t reduce the funding… like she did for the Arts.
It’s a disgrace. I was going to add “, Joe” but it’s not actually even remotely amusing.
No she didn’t. The Arts got an 8% rise in funding.
Here we go. I’ve just go my tae.
Bit of a hyperpedantic point, but this might be more of a “raic” than a “troid”, but granted it’s a fine judgement.
Roll on change of government.
+1
So were the 1,175+ jobs going to be for people to translate official documents into English ? Are there many more than 1,175 people in the country who would actually be able to read official documents in Irish ?
Tick, and tick.
We’re not all translators like.. we need other jobs here too.
The Gaeltachtaí are like any rural western area, historically underfunded, declining agricultural industry, terrible to no infrastructure or community resources, reliant on tourism, and disproportionately hit by emigration.
The difference is that we also have specific cultural and linguistic needs and the consequences of emigration have an added direness for us in that if all the young people leave, a linguistic community which has survived for 2500 years will be wiped out for good. Sure, we could maybe revitalise the towns and villages at some point down the line but Irish would have died out as a native, community language. Along with the traditions and culture that go with it.
So young Gaeltacht people like myself are in a bind. Living conditions out here are pretty shite. But if we leave to look for work, for better opportunities, to meet people and start a family, we’re contributing to the death of our communities and way of life. That’s why we’re asking the government to uphold their promises and commitments. To give us schools and teachers, decent healthcare, some sort of investment in what have been and remain among the poorest and most disadvantaged areas in the country.
Also, few people read those documents in English either. But the money for EU translation is ringfenced. We use it or we don’t get it. It’s not costing us extra.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mrg_xuJZsDQ
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that’s you in moderation for a while
Tee hee!
“agreed by 80 Irish-language and Gaeltacht groups…………….”
More than 80? Good god. Are they all fighting?
Fine Gael hate the Irish. As in, actual Irish people. They fancy themselves as the Old English or Norman settlers.
Are these the lads who make sure every letter and form you get is also in Irish? Great!
I want to type many things. But it’s just cruel at this stage.