Conradh na Gaeilge worked with local community groups across Ireland to organise local action forums in every county in Ireland as part of the #GaelVóta campaign in the run-up to the general elections north and south this year.
Over 80 Irish-language and Gaeltacht groups, including community and all-island organisations and their funding authorities, agreed an investment plan to create over 1,175 jobs and to provide more opportunities for people to use Irish. We also agreed on representative measures to ensure that the investment plan is acted upon, and that the Irish-language and Gaeltacht community are properly represented at Government level. These are the Irish-Language and Gaeltacht Commitments that form the basis of the #GaelVóta campaign.
Assembly Election (North): Thursday, 5 May 2016
We asked every political party and every election candidate running in the Assembly election to officially pledge their support for 3 main Irish-language commitments in the north. Four parties and over 70 candidates support the commitments for the Irish-language community in the north, and we received the following responses from political parties and candidates before the election on 5 May 2016:
Responses of Political Parties (North):
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here for information on the responses from the political parties and their stance on the three main Irish-language commitments.
Responses of the Assembly Election Candidates (North):
Click on a constituency below to see the responses of that constituency's candidates as regards the commitments.
We recently organised action forum to discuss and promote these commitments.
Sinn Féin, SDLP, People Before Profit and Cross-Community Labour Alternative have officially pledged their support for the commitments as entire parties. Candidates and other parties still have time to pledge their support for the commitments before the Assembly election in the north on 5 May 2016.
* Contact was made with all candidates on at least two occasions as per the contact details that were publicly available. We apologise for any information that may be inaccurate as a result of this, or if any candidate has been left out.
** Any party or candidate can contact us at
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General Election (South): Friday, 26 February 2016
We asked every political party and every general election candidate running in the south to officially pledge their support for 3 main Irish-language and Gaeltacht commitments. We received the following responses from political parties and candidates before the general election on 26 February 2016:
Responses of Political Parties (South):
Click here for the responses from the political parties.
You can find all references made by the political parties to the Irish language and the Gaeltacht in their manifestos here.
Responses of General Election Candidates (South):
Click on a constituency below to see the responses of that constituency\'s candidates as regards the commitments (you can also click here to see all candidates responses).
ConnachtGalway EastGalway WestMayoRoscommon – GalwaySligo – Leitrim
LeinsterDublin CentralDublin Mid–WestDublin FingalDublin North–WestDublin Bay NorthDublin RathdownDublin South–CentralDublin Bay SouthDublin South–WestDublin WestDún LaoghaireWicklowWexfordCarlow – KilkennyKildare NorthKildare SouthLongford-WestmeathLouthMeath EastMeath WestOffaly
MunsterLimerick CityLimerickClareTipperaryKerryWaterfordCork EastCork North–WestCork North–CentralCork South–CentralCork South–West
UlsterDonegalCavan – Monaghan
* Contact was made with all candidates on at least two occasions as per the contact details that were publicly available. We apologise for any information that may be inaccurate as a result of this, or if any candidate has been left out.
** Any party or candidate can contact us at
