Minister of State for Gaeltacht Affairs announces new scheme to assist youth organisations
October 30, 2015
Minister of State for Gaeltacht Affairs, Joe McHugh TD, has today announced that the Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht has established a new scheme to assist youth organisations and schools who are running TechSpace as Gaeilge to purchase digital media equipment.
Under the scheme, a maximum grant of €2,000 will be available for all eligible applicants so that they can purchase the equipment and to cover travel and subsistence costs of up to a maximum of €300 to attend the corresponding training courses.
TechSpace, which is a Camera Ireland Limited project, acts as a national network of digital media spaces in youth organisations and schools to help young people actively create digial and technological content. McHugh approved a grant earlier this year to have online training material translated into Irish and to organise training courses for those interested in establishing a TechSpace as Gaeilge initiative.
McHugh said of the scheme, “I am delighted that this new scheme has been established to further develop the TechSpace as Gaeilge project. This is an innovative project that supports both the Irish language and technology. It is important to give young people every encouragement to develop their technology skills as much as possible and it is also vital that we ensure that they have the opportunity to do so in Irish.”
If you are interested in this course then make sure to contact fiona.mcdonnell@techspace.ie and application forms for the new scheme are accepted from schools or youth organisations who have participants on TechSpace as Gaeilge training courses and are available from the Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht.
