Six public meetings are being staged in the Highlands next month to provide the public with the change to have their say on a draft Gaelic Language Plan, which sets out the commitment of The Highland Council to Gaelic over the next four years.

The meeting schedule is as follows:-

Town House, Inverness:  Tuesday, 14 August

Town Hall, Dingwall: Wednesday , 15 August

Tigh na Sgìre, Portree: Thursday, 16 August

Village Hall, Bonar Bridge: Tuesday,  21 August

McPhail Centre, Ullapool:  Wednesday,  22 August

Lochaber House, Fort William: Thursday , 23 August

All meetings will start at 7.15 pm. 

Copies of the draft plan are available at key council offices, such as libraries and Service Points. A pro-forma for responses is published on the home page of the  Council’s web site www.highland.gov.uk. The deadline for responses is  31 August.

The Council is required by the Gaelic Language Act 2005 to produce a Gaelic Language Plan. The deadline for presenting the document to Bord na Gaidhlig is 1 October.

The draft plan was agreed by the Council’s Gaelic Committee at a special meeting on July 12th. It is based on the principle of equal respect for Gaelic and English, with Council Services recognising the Gaelic dimension when planning and implementing all  initiatives.

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Beachdan air an iarraidh air dreachd Phlana Gàidhlig na Gàidhealtachd

Tha sia coinneamhan poblach gu bhith gabhail àite air a’ Ghàidhealtachd an ath mhìos airson cothrom a thoirt do dhaoine am beachd a thoirt air dreachd Phlana Gàidhlig Comhairle na Gaidhealtachd airson an ath cheithir bliadhna.

Bidh na coinneamhan a’ tachairt mar a leanas:

Talla a’ Bhaile, Inbhir Nis:  Dimàirt, 14 Lùnastal

Talla a’ Bhaile, Inbhir Pheofharain: Diciadain , 15 Lùnastal

Tigh na Sgìre, Port Rìgh: Diardaoin, 16 Lùnastal

Talla a’ Bhaile, Drochaid a’ Bhanna: Dimàirt  21 Lùnastal

Ionad MhicPhàil, Ulapul:  Diciadain  22 Lùnastal

Taigh Loch Abair, An Gearasdan: Diardaoine , 23 Lùnastal

Bidh na coinneamhan uile a’ tòiseachadh aig 7.15f. 

Gheibhear leth-bhreacan den dreachd aig oifisean na Comhairle, leithid leabharlannan agus Ionadan Seirbheis.  Tha clàr-fhreagairtean ri fhaighinn air duilleag-dachaigh làrach-lìn na Comhairle www.gaidhealtachd.gov.uk.  ’S e an ceann-latha airson freagairtean 31 Lùnastal.

Tha e mar fhiachaibh air a’ Chomhairle Plan Gàidhlig a dheasachadh fo Achd na Gàidhlig 2005.  ’S e 1 Dàmhair an ceann-latha airson a’ Phlana a dhol gu Bòrd na Gàidhlig.

Tha am Plana stèidhte air prionnsabal co-ionannachd spèis eadar Gàidhlig agus Beurla, le Seirbheisean na Comhairle a’ toirt feart air cor na Gàidhlig nuair a tha iad a’ dealbhachadh agus a’ coileanadh iomairtean.

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