Gaeltacht employment figures
Senator D’Arcy welcomes Údarás na Gaeltachta figures showing 215 additional jobs in Gaeltacht companies, particularly in Donegal. Subsequent exchanges concern the availability of Irish-language translation.
Ba mhaith liom fáilte a chur roimh an athbhreithniú a rinne Údarás na Gaeltachta ar chúrsaí fostaíochta sa Ghaeltacht. Tá scéal an-dearfach ag teacht ó na torthaí a d'fhoilsigh an t-údarás inné. Léiríonn na figiúirí go raibh 215 duine breise fostaithe i gcuideachtaí na Gaeltachta ag deireadh na bliana 2015 i gcomparáid leis an mbliain roimhe sin. Molaim freisin go raibh formhór de na poist, nó cuid mhaith dóibh, i dTír Chonaill ós rud é gur cailleadh go leor post sa chontae sin sa bhliain 2014. Nuair a bhí mé ag amharc ar an athbhreithniú, mhothaigh mé go bhfuil dul chun cinn fiúntach ag tarlú mar gheall ar na limistéir teanga Gaeilge agus na pleananna do na limistéir sin. Tá súil agam go leanfaidh sé sin ar aghaidh. Molaim an t-údarás as an obair atá á déanamh acu.
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On a point of order, following Senator Jim D'Arcy's excellent contribution and for those less fluent than me as Gaeilge, can I ask why, at least in this station, there appears to be no translation? There used to be translations from Irish into English.
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Did you really? Perhaps some people might look at my instrument to see that it is functioning adequately.