Irish Language: Finance

(asked on 13th December 2022) - View Source

Question to the Northern Ireland Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, whether equality screening assessment was undertaken by his Department of An Ciste Infheistiochta Gaeilge prior to providing £4 million of funding to that organisation.


Answered by
Steve Baker Portrait
Steve Baker
Minister of State (Northern Ireland Office)
This question was answered on 20th December 2022

The £4 million in capital money for the Irish Language Investment, An Ciste Infheistíochta Gaeilge, forms part of the package of New Decade, New Approach funding commitments on Northern Ireland’s Unique Circumstances, which together seek to deliver for all parts of the community.

Section 75 of the Northern Ireland Act 1998 places a statutory duty on public authorities to undertake equality screening assessments when carrying out functions relating to Northern Ireland. The Northern Ireland Office is not responsible for the delivery of this funding and is not carrying out functions in relation to it, and is therefore not responsible for completing an equality screening assessment.

The Northern Ireland Office will continue to meet its legal duties in relation to its full set of New Decade, New Approach funding commitments.

Reticulating Splines