Friday, December 20, 2013

Long story on a short survey!

On the third of December the Coimisinéir Teanga announced that he was resigning because he was being supported by the government "...my heartfelt belief is, in view of the information I have presented to you today, that there is little else I can personally achieve in that timeframe in relation to language rights for Irish speakers and Gaeltacht communities. It is therefore with regret that I announce that I have decided to resign from my position as Coimisinéir Teanga on 23rd February next..." (Translation of his statement to an Oireachtas Committee 3/12/2013)

An alt seo as Gaeilge
There is so much misunderstanding out there that we decided to organise a simple short survey. I really was an experiment as we had never tried such a thing before. It is important to understand that we have no experience in this so it is hardly fair to regard it as a scientific statistical exercise.

As one of the participants remarked "Níl an tsuirbhé seo sách cuimsitheach le tuairimí reatha an phobail a mheas ó thaobh cearta teanga de. Ba cheart daoibh ceann eile a dhéanamh san Athbhliain." (This survey is not comprehensive enough to assess the current opinion of the public on language rights. Ye should do another one in the new year!) Of course he or was correct and we may consider doing this.

Publicity!
It was publicised in facebook, twitter and LinkedIn on the 9th December 2013 and from this more than 125 people answered the questions. A mention and the URL were also placed in a response to an article in The Journal.ie. We understand that there ar weaknesses in this survey but nonetheless the results are interesting and perhaps not that different from professional surveys on attitudes to the language.

Ceist 1: The resignation of the Choimisinéara Teanga!
The Coimisinéir Teanga announced his resignation recently stating that his office was not being supported by the Government. Do you agree with his decision?
82% agreed with his decision.lena chinneadh. 12% disagreed and 6% hadn't a clue!.

Ceist 2: Confidence in the Coimisinéir Teanga
Have you confidence in the Coimisinéir Teanga?
92% of the participents express confidence in him while 8% did not!

Ceist 3: Government policy!
Are you happy with the Irish Language policy of this Goverenment?
4% expressed satisfaction while 81% were not. Interestingly 15% of the respondents asked "What policy?"

Ceist 4: The cost of the Coimisinéir's office!
The answers here are interesting. The show that treality and perception among our participents do not always concur .

When the question was put, "How much does the Coimisinéir Teanga's Office cost?" they were invited to "Make an educated guess!)" there were startling differences in the answers. We knew that not everyone would have the exact figures which is whay we asked for an educated guess, . Some were unwilling to venture a response (7%). One (a reader of the Sindo?) said, "Too much!" and another stated, "Ní féidir a luach a thomhas ar airgead - ní mór don oifig a bheith ann, mar sin níl plé faoi chostais ina chuidiú!" (The value cannot be measured in money, the office must be there thus there should be now question of how much it costs!!)

These are the results:
"A budget of €650,000 was provided for my Office for 2012 and €606,784 of that money was 
drawn down." (Annual Report 2012!)
Ceist 5: Complaints from the Gaeltacht!!
Also interesting were the results from the question: "What percentage of complaints to the C.T. are from the Gaeltacht?" A choice was given to participents and only 21% knew the correct figure!
"Complaints … 6,089 up to 30 Samhain 2013, (28% from the Gaeltacht)." Ráiteas an Choimisinéara ós chomhair Coiste Oireachtais. 3 Dec 2013 
Ceist 6: Opinions
This was the are where participents were given the opportunity to express their opinions, whatever they were. Only fifty one did so, most not surprisingly in Iris but a few in English. We have not edited or translated them.  Every view point is expressed from "Good riddance!" go "Coinnigh an dóchas!" (Keep up te hope!)

Do you wish to say anything else?
is náireach an rud é gir mhothaigh sé go raibh air éirí as - lipservice á thabhairt ag an Rialtas don Ghaeilge

Ní bhíonn aon rud suntasach le tuairisciú ag an aire shóisearach nuair a chuirtear ceisteanna air faoi dhul chinn cinn... "Tógann sé am.." "Tá reachtaíocht le foilsiú amach anseo.." "Táimid ag obair air.." Leisce, easpa foirne, easpa acmhainní ó thaobh an rialtais, measaim... Maidir leis an bpobal - An bhfuil fíor-eileamh ann ar sheirbhísí trí mheán na Gaeilge? Déanann cuid againn iarracht, ach is beag an slua sinn, de réir cosúlachta. Caithfidh muid an fód a sheasamh agus cruthú go bhfuilimid ann. Caithfidh muid an fhreagracht a ghlacadh orainn féin, seachas bheith ag brath go síoraí ar oifig an choimisinéara

The cost of the office is offset by tourists visiting Ireland to study Irish and spending money into the Economy, especially in western areas!

Ta dioma orm I ndiadh an cinneadh ach tuigim me e

I nÉireann amháin ...

Tá cearta daonna ag lucht labhartha na Gaeilge ach ní ghéileann an stat go fírinneach go bhfuil na cearta sin ann.

Tá scrios á dhéanamh ag an rialtas seo ar an Ghaeilge.

Tá an rialtas seo ag plúchadh Na teangan

Ba léir ón chéad lá go mbeadh an rialtas seo go dona don Ghaeilge, nach é an chéad rud a rinne siad deireadh a chur leis an ngá na dlíthe a fhoilsiú sa dá theanga ag an am chéanna? Ina dhéidh sin is uile, bhí beagnach gach fadhb a luaigh an Cuirreánach ann nuair a bhí Ó Cuív fós ina Aire. Cibé tacaíocht bheag a fuair an Ghaeilge ón rialtas FFach, d'imigh sí le sruth nuair a thit an tóin as an gheilleagar.

Coinnigh an dóchas.

Tá mé eachtrannach. Fhoghlaim mé an Ghaeilge. Ach nach bhfuil an scéal seo ag cabhrú.

Caithfear an deannach a shéideadh de na polasaithe...ní hionann briathar agus beart.

Sílim gur fearr dúinn ann ná as é ach tuigim cad chuige a ndearna sé a chinneadh. Agus táim chóir a bheith buartha caidé bheidh in ann dúinn tar éis an méid atá feicthe agam ón Taoiseach, ón Leas-Aire Dinny McGinley agus ón Aire Oideachais Ruairí Quinn. Ní amháin go bhfuil siad ag díol an tír leis na comhlachtaí ilnáisiúnta ach tá siad ag marú na teanga agus ag déanamh 'Airstrip 2' amhail is dá mbeadh fís George Orwell a chomhlíonadh acu. Ní Éire Shaor go hÉirinn Gaelach!

Good riddance!!!

Tá Sé in am againn dul i mbun agóide

Bhí sé chomh maith an Straitéis 20 Bliain a chur sa tine mar nach bhfuil moltaí ón Staidéar Cuimsitheach Teangeolaíoch ann. Níl ann uilig ach cur i gcéill agus is mór an náire iad O Cuiv agus Dinny nach raibh in ann cinneadh ciallmhar a dhéanamh maidir le teorainneacha na Gaeltachta. Níltear ach ag breathnú amach do riachtanais na bhfoghlaimeoirí. Tá gach duine ag tabhairt suas ar an nGaeltacht.

Ní chuireann iontas Orm nach bhfuil morán tacaíocht a ar fáil ón Rialtas

Tabhair ar ais an Coimisinéir! Agus cuir polasaí ceart earcaíochta i bhfeidhm láithreach mar chomhartha dea-thola.

feall eile

Níl faoi láthair

Fair play don Chuirreánach, ach tá faitíos orm go dtiocfaidh leibide eicínt i gcomharbacht air.

Scannal amach 's amach go raibh ar dhuine chomh cumasach, ciallmhar le Seán Ó Cuirreáin seasamh siar. Mo náire an rialtas

Níl an tsuirbhé seo sách cuimsitheach le tuairimí reatha an phobail a mheas ó thaobh cearta teanga de. Ba cheart daoibh ceann eile a dhéanamh san Athbhliain.

Teaching a second language isn't rocket science. People shouldn't leave school unable to speak it, that's a ridiculous situation. Teaching and exams aren't being done according to best international practice. If that was changed then kids would come out of school speaking Irish, and wouldn't have a problem providing a service tré Ghaeilge. Those internationally accepted ways of teaching 2nd languages could also be used to upskill older people, who could then also provide a service in Irish easily. The data is out there, but it's being ignored. Talk to the people in TEG, NUI Maynooth.

Cé nach maith liom Acht na dTeangacha Oifigiúla mar go bhfuil an iomarca béime ann ar mhaorláthas gan úsáíd, is cinnte go bhfuil dualgas ar an Stat é a chur i bhfeidhm. Ní maith liom Acht na Gaeltachta 2012 ach an oiread mar gheall ar an sceannairt a rinne sé ar an nGaeltacht, ach creidim go gcaithfidh an Rialtas bheith macánta mar gheall ar an nGaeilge agus an nGaeltacht seaachas bheith de shíor ag labhairt an 'cúpla focal' agus ansan ag cur scian sa teanga ar chúπ téarmaí.

Dún an doras i do dhiaidh!!

Níl, go raibh maith agat.

faic

Níl barúil agam fá na ceisteanna a bhaineann le costas nó le céadatain. Tâ drochbhail ar an teanga istigh sa Ghaeltacht agus taobh amuigh di - ar fud na tíre. Níl meas madaidh ag na meáin ná ag oifigigh an rialtais ar an teanga ná orainne, Gaeilgeoirí. Tá fearg agus díomá orm mar shaoránach de chuid na tíre seo mar gheall air seo. Éire ghallda an sprioc atá acu de réir chosúlachta.

Níl.

Níl an fhreagairt ar eolas agam do cheist a 5. Fear iontach onórach é Seán - rinne sé an rud ceart le haird a tharraingt ar an scéal.

Suas an gealge !

Tá neamh-suim níos contúirtí ná ain-suim. Ar a laghad tá gráin oscailte le sonrú ag an ain-suim!

Bhí an ceart ag gCoimisinéar éirí as Agus gan tacú leis an cur i gcéill a thuilleadh. Táim tinn tuirseach den chur i gcéill i leith na teanga. Ní caitheamh aimsir í an Ghaeilge.

Tá an praiseach ar fuaid na mias ag an Rialtas Gallda seo ó thaobh na Gaeilge de.

ní féidir a luach a thomhas ar airgead - ní mór don oifig a bheith ann, mar sin níl plé faoi chostais ina chuidiú. Gaeilgeoirí a líonfaidh isteach é seo, meas-tú an bhféadfaí an Ghaeilge a chur ar dtús sa chéad cheann eile? é an-deacair teacht ar an Ghaeilge agus é seo á dhéanamh ar an ghuthán póca!

Dhein a oifig idirghabháil ar mo shon chun seirbhís ghaeilge a fháil ó na coimis. ioncaim. D'oibrigh sé.

Níl

Gaeilge abú

Meas ollmhór agam ar an gCoimisinéir Teanga. Is trua liom go bhfuil sé tagtha chuige seo. Ní fheicim go mbeidh aon athrú suntasach dearfach déanta leis an Rialtas reatha.

Fear cróga misniúil is ea Seán Ó Cuirreáin, fear prionsabáilte. Tá sé tar éis leas na teanga a dhéanamh lena chinneadh, cé gur rud é a ghoilleann orainn ar fad. Tá sé in am dúiseacht agus corraí.

Is trua gur éirigh sé as ach tuigim dó. Fear ionraic cumasach díograiseach é Seán Ó Cuirreáin agus ghoill easpa toile agus gníomhaíochta an Rialtais i leith na Gaeilge agus cearta teanga phobal na Gaeltachta agus na Gaeilge go mór air.

Go mbíonn feidhmeanaigh an stáit frith-gaelach sa lá inniu mar a raibh siad go deo.

Níl inti ach teanga, níor chóir níos mó ná sin a chur uirthi. Ní faoin rialtas amháin atá sé an teanga a bheathú.

Muna bhfuil sé ann, beidh an rialtas iontach sasta. Ní bheidh siad freagrach. D'eist mé le Dinny ar R na G ar maidin. Tá náire orthú roimh an Gaeilge.

Níl

Tá an Rialtas ag sárú an dlí agus an Bhunreacht.

Teastaíonn CT le cinntiú nach dtitfidh an Ghaeilge i léig.

Dá dtarlódh sé seo do Emily O Reilly, An Ombudsman , bheadh eirí amach ann . Ba cheart go mbeadh náire ar an rialtas seo leis an chaoi ina bhfuil siad ag caitheamh le muintir na Gaeltachta & daoine ina bhfuil suim acu an Ghaeilge a labhairt agus scríobh.

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