{"id":48022,"date":"2025-02-01T11:04:38","date_gmt":"2025-02-01T11:04:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/news\/irish-language-cuts-a-failure-from-ni-and-irish-governments\/"},"modified":"2025-02-01T11:04:39","modified_gmt":"2025-02-01T11:04:39","slug":"irish-language-cuts-a-failure-from-ni-and-irish-governments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/news\/irish-language-cuts-a-failure-from-ni-and-irish-governments\/","title":{"rendered":"Irish language cuts a ‘failure’ from NI and Irish governments"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Robbie Meredith<\/span><\/p>\n

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Dr P\u00e1draig \u00d3 Tiarnaigh has described the cuts as a “total failure”<\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n
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Funding cuts by the all-Ireland Irish language agency Foras na Gaeilge represent “a total failure from both the northern and southern governments”.<\/p>\n

That is according to Dr P\u00e1draig \u00d3 Tiarnaigh from Conradh na Gaeilge, one of the leading Irish language organisations.<\/p>\n

Foras na Gaeilge was founded in 1999 as a result of the 1998 Good Friday Agreement<\/a>. It is a cross-border body responsible for the promotion of the Irish language throughout the island of Ireland.<\/p>\n

It said it has to make savings of more than \u20ac800,000 (\u00a3669,000) and that will mean funding cuts to some groups operating in Northern Ireland.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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That includes Gael Linn, who run the Scoil Spreagtha scheme in primary schools.<\/a><\/p>\n

The Cult\u00farlann McAdaim \u00d3 Fiaich in Belfast, Raidi\u00f3 F\u00e1ilte and Conradh na Gaeilge are also likely to be affected.<\/p>\n

BBC News NI has contacted Stormont and Irish government departments for comment on the cuts. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n

‘Every effort’ to protect projects<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n
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Se\u00e1n \u00d3 Coinn has said “every effort” will be made to protect schemes<\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n
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The chief executive of Foras na Gaeilge, Se\u00e1n \u00d3 Coinn, said they would make “every effort to protect organisations providing employment, and educational schemes and projects”.<\/p>\n

“Officials will be in contact with groups and organisations regarding the decisions and guidance on the cuts next week,” he said.<\/p>\n

Foras na Gaelige report to the North South Ministerial Council (NSMC).<\/p>\n

About a quarter of its funding is from the Executive Office and about three-quarters of its funding is from the government in the Republic of Ireland.<\/p>\n

But BBC News NI understands that one government cannot increase funding to the organisation without the other also doing so.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

‘Contravention of the Good Friday Agreement’<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n
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The organisation’s budget for 2024\/25 is about \u20ac17m (\u00a314m), but it has to make savings of \u20ac817,945 (\u00a3684,362).<\/p>\n

When contacted by BBC News NI, Dr \u00d3 Tiarnaigh from Conradh na Gaeilge said the cuts “will leave local and national groups under even more pressure amidst a long-running funding crisis amongst the Irish language community”.<\/p>\n

“Founded as part of the cross-border Good Friday Agreement bodies, Foras na Gaeilge receives less funding now than it did in 2002 and is dependent on a match-funding ratio from both the northern and southern governments,” he said.<\/p>\n

“That funding structure, and the long-running disinvestment in Foras, resulting in today’s cuts, now leaves huge questions regarding the future viability of Foras na Gaeilge as a funding mechanism to deliver much needed financial support to the Irish language community.”<\/p>\n

He added that the organisation believed “there has been a total failure” from both government to ensure Foras na Gaeilge had the finances to meet “the immediate and strategic needs of an ever-growing Irish language sector, a failure which is in complete contravention of the commitments and vision set out in the Good Friday Agreement”.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n


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