#413195
It is in this context that any reintroduction of Gaeltacht schemes will be examined.
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#991626
However, 72 of those schemes had come to an end during the year and, in the case of local authorities, 94 per cent of their language schemes had expired.
#1019023
I bhfocail Robbie Burns: “The best laid schemes o’ mice and men.
#1073907
Is rí-léir, ar bhonn teanga, ‘that differential schemes for the Gaeltacht are justified’.
#991268
He had doubts over the proposed new “language schemes”, that is, agreed plans by which departments and organisations provide services through Irish for the public: “The extension of the duration of schemes from three to seven years is a major cause for concern.
#991641
General Secretary of Conradh na Gaeilge, Mr Julian de Spáinn, said they believed that the system of schemes – agreed plans which provide the public with access to services in Irish – was failing, with 72 out of 98 having expired during 2013: “It is time to do away with the schemes and to develop a new system with standards based on statutory regulations.” Conradh na Gaeilge would be proposing such a system for the revised Official Languages Act.
#990827
New schemes had been introduced but he was concerned about the quality of some of them and he was worried that state bodies were unable to deliver effective services in Irish.
#991625
Mr Ó Domhnaill, who was appointed in March 2014, reported that 98 schemes (statutory language plans) with 184 public bodies were confirmed during 2013.
#991644
They criticised the “scandalous” attempt of the Department of Education and Skills to transfer teachers to a Gaeltacht school despite lack of fluency in Irish: “Without the commissioner’s investigation, there is every chance that the redeployment would have been taken place and unbelievable damage caused to Irish in the school and, through that, in the community.” Chief Executive Officer of Gael-Linn, Mr Antoine Ó Coileáin, echoed Mr de Spáinn’s concerns about the schemes, saying: “Given that over 70 per cent of statutory language plans had expired by the end of 2013, it is clear that the current regime of statutory language plans is not succeeding; in the case of local authorities, the situation is even worse with 94 per cent of language schemes having expired.
#997960
With regards to the extension of language schemes, I heard the politicians speaking about an extension to seven years?
#413182
Ag deireadh an fhreagra scríofa, ina ndéantar cur síos ar chuspóirí na Straitéise 20 Bliain agus Acht na Gaeltachta 2012, deirtear “It is in this context that any reintroduction of Gaeltacht schemes will be examined”.
#589613
Ceapadh gur bhain an cultúr dúchais le bochtanas amháin: “factories, new housing schemes and more consumer goods were impressive enough evidence of progress but not nearly as important as in their social significance as the remarkable increase in the number of motorcars and the introduction of television.
#756715
I meamram a réitíodh ar lorg na tairisceana ar rún Dála ó Risteárd Ó Maolchatha i 1945, léiríodh go ndearna an stát soláthar de £303,390 do 18 scéim éagsúla stáit a bheadh chun leas na Gaeltachta (‘Development and Encouragement of Irish in Gaeltacht areas: Expenditure on Gaeltacht Schemes, Provision in Estimates, 1945-46’, i gComhad S13696A, Roinn an Taoisigh).
#991270
Furthermore, the extension of time would require language planning of a different level and existing schemes must not be given a four year extension which would, in effect, amount to an amnesty.” President of Conradh na Gaeilge, Cóilín Ó Cearbhaill, said that it was “great news for the Irish-speaking and Gaeltacht community that the Government has finally listened to us and decided to retain the Office of An Coimisinéir Teanga as a completely independent entity...
#991272
Nonetheless, they also believed that the Government needed to include certain provisions in the new language legislation if they were serious about strengthening the rights of Irish speakers in the Gaeltacht and outside it: new regulations to guarantee State services to the Gaeltacht community through Irish by the end of 2016; a new system to be developed to replace the schemes that have “been in place but not functioning as it should”; the Language Commissioner to be given a monitoring role in the implementation of the 20 Year Strategy for the Irish Language and regulations to provide for a specific number of people in every public body who would be proficient in Irish.
#998030
The report also suggested that the Language Commissioner should be involved in the process of withdrawing notices requiring public bodies to prepare and in reviewing public language schemes and in respect of making, amending or revoking place names; that the maximum period during which a public language scheme remains in force should be four years and not seven and that no public body should be excluded from the Official Languages legislation for all its activities and where certain activities are excluded, this should be unavoidable, subject to conditions and for a given period of time only.
#998034
They also said that the names of all new public companies should be in Irish and that “the system of language schemes, which has not been working effectively since it was introduced, should be abolished in public companies and departments, and replaced by a system of standards, similar to what has been done in Wales recently.
#1004053
It’s true that the Welsh-speaking community have a better-funded television station than us and, in general, they appear to have fewer hang-ups about their language than we do about Irish, but apart from the Super Furry Animals, Gwenno and a more sensible approach to implementing language schemes in the public service, is there really that much to learn from the Welsh that we don’t already know?
#1027882
The way in which the details of those schemes were brought forward almost made it impossible for people to consult …” Dúirt sí gur chóir go mbeadh an próiseas “full and vigorous”.
#1115843
Is mar seo a chuireann DNB síos ar a pháirt sa ghéarleánúint a lean plota Titus Oates: ‘He was deeply involved in the “No Popery” schemes of the Earl of Shaftesbury, and was particularly active in procuring evidence as to the existence of a popish plot in Ireland, his intercepted letters, according to Carte, showing “something more zealous than honourable in his proceedings in that affair”.
#1118136
Shíl Tomás Ó Súilleabháin [q.v.] [Thomas O’Sullevane] sa réamhrá a chuir sé le The Memoirs of the ...Marquis of Clanricarde, 1722 gur faoina stiúir a rinne Ó Conchubhair an obair (‘under the Direction of a certain Gentleman, who already has rendered himself famous by new Schemes of Doctrine and Religion’).
#1161544
Ag deireadh an fhreagra scríofa, ina ndearnadh cur síos ar chuspóirí na Straitéise 20 Bliain agus Acht na Gaeltachta 2012, dúradh: “It is in this context that any reintroduction of Gaeltacht schemes will be examined”.
#1161560
Ag deireadh an fhreagra scríofa, ina ndearnadh cur síos ar chuspóirí na Straitéise 20 Bliain agus Acht na Gaeltachta 2012, dúradh: “It is in this context that any reintroduction of Gaeltacht schemes will be examined”.
#1312374
Kenny’s language legacy, wrote Delap, was a tenure that saw the appointment of a Minister of State for the Gaeltacht who did not speak Irish (Joe McHugh is back!); the resignation of a Language Commissioner, Seán Ó Cuirreáin, due to a lack of support; the further erosion of Irish in the civil service; and the withdrawal of various financial support schemes.
#1686567
Moltar ann go n-aistreofaí feidhmeanna Chiste na Gaeilge (trína mhaoinítear leithéidí an Taibhdhearc, Oideas Gael, Gaillimh le Gaeilge, Comhaltas Ceoltóirí Éireann srl.) go haon mhóreagraíocht amháin: "Transfer all functions to Údarás as the single body which would have national responsibility for the operation of schemes and measures for the promotion of the Irish language.
#1834936
Lee ó Ollscoil Chorcaí, tráth, ina leabhar staire Ireland 1912 – 1985 don ‘variety of “make work” schemes artificially devised to deflate the unemployment statistics.’ Seo sliocht beag eile as an leabhar céanna: ‘… the IDA tended to trumpet the number of jobs approved for new industry, diverting attention from the distinctly less publicised fact that only 30 per cent of these jobs were actually in existence in 1981’.* Féach air sin anois!
#1962955
‘The best-laid schemes o’ mice an’ men/ gang aft agley’ mar adúirt mo dhuine, nó lena chur i bhfocail eile, is féidir leis an gcinniúint brexit cheart a dhéanamh de rud ar bith.
#1736784
An Bord Snip Nua a d’fhógair: ‘*The Group is of the view that resources should be targeted at those most in need and that differential schemes aimed at Gaeltacht areas are not justifiable*.’ (Imleabhar 2, Lth.