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S.I. No. 357/2013 - Gaeltacht Act 2012 (Section 12) Regulations 2013.
Table of Provisions (20)
Statutory Text (20 Articles)
1. The existence of an organisation, which Foras na Gaeilge considers to be representative of the community under section 11(3) of the Act of 2012, to prepare and implement the language plan in the relevant community.
2. The proportion of the population for which Irish is the spoken language in the relevant community, having regard to the impact of demographic, economic and social factors on the relevant community.
3. The arrangements specified for the provision of Irish-medium services in the relevant community.
4. The provisions of the Act of 1998 being used, as appropriate, to support the Irish language in the relevant community, having regard in particular to paragraphs (
i
) and (
j
) of section 6 of that Act.
5. The availability of Irish-medium primary and post-primary education in the relevant community, in accordance with the policy of the Department of Education and Skills, including the availability of Irish-medium streams in English-medium schools, and the teaching of a number of subjects through the Irish language in English-medium schools, as appropriate.
6. The existence of appropriate language policies within the school environment which support the use of Irish as a spoken language outside the education system in the relevant community.
7. The availability of appropriate Irish-medium childcare, pre-school and family support services, including language support services, in the relevant community.
8. The availability of appropriate Irish-medium social activities for young people and for other age groups and the existence of appropriate language policies with regard to those activities in the relevant community.
9. The availability of appropriate opportunities in the relevant community to learn and use the Irish language outside of the education system.
10. The degree of usage of the Irish language socially and recreationally in the relevant community.
11. The degree of usage of the Irish language in the business sector in the relevant community.
12. The degree of usage of the Irish language by local media in the relevant community.
13. The relevant provisions of the Planning and Development Acts 2000 to 2013 being used to support the Irish language in the relevant community.
14. The availability of Irish-medium public services in the relevant community.
15. The degree of support from the public in general in the relevant community for the language plan.
GIVEN under my hand,
17 September 2013.
DINNY McGINLEY,
Minister of State at the Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht.
16. The degree of usage of the Irish language by local media in the relevant area.
17. The relevant provisions of the Planning and Development Acts 2000 to 2013 being used to support the Irish language in the relevant area.
18. The availability of Irish-medium public services in the relevant area.
19. The degree of support from the public in general in the relevant area for the language plan.
Part 2
Language Planning Criteria for Gaeltacht Service Towns
Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in “Iris Oifigiúil” of
20
th September,
2013.
I, DINNY McGINLEY, Minister of State at the Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by
sections 3
and
12
of the
Gaeltacht Act 2012
(No. 34 of 2012) and the Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht (Delegation of Ministerial Functions) Order 2013 (
S.I. No. 94 of 2013
), hereby make the following Regulations
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