Forbairt
Feirste
Feirste
Agus 30,000 cainteoir Gaeilge i mBéal Feirste de réir Daonáireamh
1991 - an méid céanna a bheadh i gceantar bríomhar
Gaeltachta in Iarthar na hÉireann - tá Forbairt Feirste
ag leagan béim ar an ról a chaithfidh bheith ag an Ghaeilge
i dtógáil spiorád láidir fuinniúil i
gceann de na áiteanna is boichte i mBéal Feirste.
Tá lucht na Gaeilge i mBéal Feirste in áit mhaith chun
teacht i dtír ar na deiseanna fostaíochta atá tagtha,
ní amháin de bharr an bheocht úr sa Ghaeilge ar fud
cúige Uladh agus na tíre, ach le tacaíocht úr
don Ghàidhlig in Albain.
Don chéad uair, tá na príomhghníomhaireachtaí
eacnamaíocha ag taobhú le pobal na Gaeilge chun rannpháirtíocht
éifeachtach a thógáil a chuirfidh dúshraith
fostaíochta faoi fhás na Gaeilge. Tá an ghníomhaireacht
do ghnónna beaga, Ledu, an Roinn Traenála
agus Fostaíochta agus an Roinn Comhshaoil
- trína thionscnamh Béal Feirste i mBun Oibre - ag tógáil
an dúshlán a leag Forbairt Feirste síos
agus í sa tóir ar phoist.
Agus iad i gcomhar le chéile, tá coiscéimeanna tábhachtacha
glactha ag Forbairt Feirste agus na gníomhaireachtaí
eacnamaíocha leis an Ghaeilge a chothú mar áis luachmhar
don té atá ar lorg oibre.
With 30,000 Irish speakers in Belfast according to the 1991 Census - the
equivalent of a vibrant Gaeltacht area in the west of Ireland - Forbairt
Feirste is underlining the role the Irish language must play in the building
of a confident and dynamic community spirit in the most disadvantaged areas
of Belfast.
Belfast's Irish speaking community is ideally placed to exploit the employment
opportunities presented not only by the revived fortunes of the Irish language
in the rest of Ulster and across the country but also by the upturn in support
for the Gaelic language in Scotland.
For the first time, the mainstream economic agencies are joining forces
with the Irish language community in a meaningful partnership to underpin
the revival of the Irish language with jobs. The small business agency,
LEDU, the Training and Employment Agency and the Department
of the Environment - through its Making Belfast Work
initiative - have all risen to the challenge posed by Forbairt Feirste's
jobs drive.
Together Forbairt Feirste and the economic agencies have
taken a number of key steps forward to promote Irish as a valuable resource
and advantage to the job-seeker
