That the Parliament notes the 10th anniversary on 1 June of the Gaelic Language (Scotland) Act 2005 receiving Royal Assent; welcomes progress being made in bringing to fruition the priorities of the National Gaelic Language Plan; believes that Gaelic education has helped to reverse the decline of Scotland’s indigenous language; welcomes research conducted for Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE), which found the value of Gaelic to businesses and communities to be up to £148.5 million per annum, demonstrating that what it considers the currently modest investment in Gaelic translates into a significant economic contribution, not just in the Highlands and Islands but in the central belt of Scotland; congratulates Bòrd na Gàidhlig on its work to promote the Gaelic language and culture and to encourage the many community groups that are creating opportunities for speakers of all ages and backgrounds while acknowledging that it is today’s young children who will keep Gaelic alive and flourishing in the future, and notes calls for all of Scotland to participate in the task already underway of stemming and reversing the decline of the Gaelic language to ensure its survival in the long term.

The member has provided the following translation:

10 bliadhna ann bho chaidh Achd na Gàidhlig (Alba) 2005 a chur an gnìomh

Tha a’ Phàrlamaid: a’ toirt fa-near gum bi deich bliadhna ann, air 1 Ògmhios, bho fhuair Achd na Gàidhlig (Alba) 2005 Aonta Rìoghail; a’ cur fàilte air an adhartas a tha ga dhèanamh ann a bhith toirt prìomhachasan a’ Phlana Cànain Nàiseanta Ghàidhlig gu buil; a’ toirt fa-near cuideachd mar a tha foghlam na Gàidhlig air cuideachadh le bhith cur stad air mar a bha aon de chànanan dùthchasach na h-Alba a’ crìonadh; a’ cur fàilte air rannsachadh a rinn Iomairt na Gàidhealtachd is nan Eilean a sheall gu bheil gnothachasan is coimhearsnachdan Gàidhlig a’ cur suas gu £148.5 millean ris an eaconamaidh gach bliadhna, agus sin a’ sealltainn gu bheil na suimeannan nach eil ro mhòr a tha gan cosg air a’ Ghàidhlig an-dràsta a’ cur gu mòr ris an eaconamaidh, chan ann a-mhàin air a’ Ghàidhealtachd agus anns na h-Eileanan ach ann an Alba air fad; a’ cur meal-a-naidheachd air Bòrd na Gàidhlig airson an obair a bhios iad a’ dèanamh gus cànan is cultar na Gàidhlig a thoirt air adhart agus gus brosnachadh a thoirt do dh’iomadh buidheann coimhearsnachd a tha a’ cruthachadh chothroman do luchd-labhairt de gach aois is a bhuineas do gach cinneadh is dualchas, agus am Bòrd a’ tuigsinn gur e clann an latha an-diugh a chumas Gàidhlig beò agus a bheir air adhart i san ùine air thoiseach; agus tha a’ Phàrlamaid ag iarraidh air gach neach ann an Alba a’ cuideachadh le bhith cur stad air crìonadh na Gàidhlig gus am bi luchd-labhairt a’ dol am meud agus nì sin cinnteach gum mair an cànan beò.