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Allowance of up to €100,000 approved by the Minister of State Seán Kyne for office equipment for language planning officers
The Government Chief-Whip and Minister of State for the Irish Language, the Gaeltacht and the Islands Seán Kyne T.D. has announced today (3 April), that he has approved an allowance of up €100,000 for Údarás na Gaeltachta in order to provide a fund, not exceeding €5,000 per Gaeltacht Language Planning Area, for office equipment for Language Planning Officers as they commence work on the language planning process in the Gaeltacht.
This allowance is being permitted in accordance with measures 2.1, 2.14 and 2.22 of the Government's Irish Language Action Plan2018-2022, which was launched in June 2018.
The Minister of State said:
I am delighted to approve this allowance. As a result of this practical support, the Údarás will be able to ensure that appropriate office equipment is available to language planning officers who continue to be appointed under the process. This demonstrates the Government's determination in relation to the language planning process and the implementation of the Irish Language Action Plan.