Sinn Féin says blanket approach to Irish language signs will be £135,000, around £200,000 less than doing it individually
DUP Councillors have criticised the concept of a Gaeltacht Quarter in Belfast after a council committee agreed to erect Irish dual language streets signs en masse in the area to save the council money.
“This decision was called in and subject to a barrister’s opinion which concluded that the call-in did not have merit. Party group leaders were advised of the barrister’s opinion via email on 7th July 2023 and were advised that officers would implement the decision and a report will be brought to a subsequent meeting of SP&R Committee in due course outlining the result of an equality screening, the financial implications and any other associated matters.
An Alliance proposal to have the threshold for objections to this process as one person on any given street was voted down. Instead it will take 15 percent of any street in the Gaeltacht to trigger the requirement for an application and engagement of the current full process for a specific street within the Gaeltacht Quarter.
“When I first heard the term ‘Gaeltacht Quarter’ many years ago, there were two streets around Culturlann - it has grown substantially. I need to understand where these boundaries have come from. “If they want to be a place apart, that is a matter for themselves. But my point is that community relations will be impacted along the full length of the peace walls. I don’t think it is right that signage should be put along peace walls. Signs at interfaces can and will be divisive. And I don’t think the council is giving enough consideration to that.”
SDLP Councillor Séamas de Faoite said: “I am disappointed to hear again the perception that this is about isolating people or creating additional barriers in the city. We just have to look at what happens in parts of East Belfast where there is an understanding of the Irish language which has extended through the work of Turas, with Linda Ervine and other individuals demonstrating that the Irish language is open and welcoming for everybody.
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