Bho Làrach Pàrlamaid na h-Alba:
'Gaelic Language
Ken Macintosh (Eastwood) (Lab): To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will clarify the status of its Gaelic language plan.
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Ken Macintosh (Eastwood) (Lab): To ask the Scottish Executive what action it has taken to keep the Gaelic community, interested members of the public and the Parliament informed of developments and decisions relating to its draft Gaelic language plan.
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Ken Macintosh (Eastwood) (Lab): To ask the Scottish Executive what responses it received to the consultation on its draft Gaelic language plan; what analysis it has undertaken of those responses; what changes it has made to the draft plan in light of the consultation responses and whether it plans to publish information in relation to the responses, its own analysis or changes made to the draft plan.
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Michael Russell: The Scottish Government Gaelic language plan was approved in principal by Bòrd na Gàidhlig on the 25 August. The bòrd have asked for some clarity on a few points and work is ongoing to address these issues. During the consultation period on the draft plan a total of 48 responses were received. These were, in the main, greatly supportive of the work that was being undertaken by the Scottish Government and other public bodies on behalf of Gaelic. These respondents were pleased with the lay-out, contents and the general level of commitment expressed across the main areas of the Gaelic plan relating to corporate identity, communications, publications and staffing. All responses were analysed separately by officials from the Analysis and Evaluation Support Unit and are available at:
http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Topics/ArtsC ... nsultation.
In addition, the analysis and copies of the responses from those consultees who wished their responses to be made public are available at the Scottish Government Library, Saughton House, Broomhouse Drive, Edinburgh. There were a number of consultation suggestions accepted which strengthened the Gaelic plan, highlighted work that was ongoing across Directorates that had not been included previously and also tightened the language in parts to focus on delivery and timescales. Once the Scottish Government Gaelic language plan has been finalised and approved by Bòrd na Gàidhlig it will be available on our website.'