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Cymro
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Gaelic Road MapThis is the lastest of many developments with the Gaelic language which have come in recent weeks. Hopefully it will turn out to be more than just a paper document and things will actually get done to make some meaningfull inroads with the development of the language.
| Quote: | 'Road map' aims to promote Gaelic
A five-year "road map" has been produced by the Scottish Executive, setting out its vision for Gaelic.
The National Plan for Gaelic will be targeted at government, councils, public bodies and the private and voluntary sectors.
It has been drawn up with the aim of encouraging greater use of the language.
The executive said it has support from Western Isles and Highland councils and ferry company Caledonian MacBrayne.
The ferry firm launched its own plan for increasing its use of Gaelic last week.
DIY company Homebase has also given its support to the initiative.
Announcing the release of the five-year plan, Culture Minister Patricia Ferguson also said £100,000 would be awarded to Strrlann, the National Gaelic Resource Centre, and £29,000 for the online dictionary Faclair na G`idhlig.
Ms Ferguson said: "The Gaelic National Plan is an important building block for creating a sustainable future for Gaelic.
Gaelic broadcasting
"I want to encourage all types of bodies - public, private, voluntary, Gaelic and non-Gaelic - to recognise priorities in the National Plan which they can help deliver and then to take steps to do so."
Last week, it was announced that Gaelic broadcasting will receive an extra £3m of government funding every year to help establish a Gaelic digital channel.
The executive funding will be on top of the £8.7m already given to the service each year.
It is estimated that the channel currently being developed by the Gaelic Media Service (GMS) will cost between £16m and £17m. |
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/6495253.stm
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SLG
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I was interested in the homebase bit as well - good to see a big private firm getting involved.
I think this will actually have a practical impact. There really seems to be a willingness there that wasn't there in the past.
Westminster should be paying for more of the tv channel though.
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Cymro
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To be honest I don't think Westminster should pay. If we trully want independence these sort of things should be the responsibilty of the Welsh and Scottish bodies respectively. Ironically Westminster still holds much of the power when it comes to the Welsh language, possibly the one issue which is exclusivly Welsh!
Tescos have always been good with bilingualism here, hopefully they'll follow suit too, along with the likes of the HSBC and the Scottish banks.
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