Agendas, reports and minutes

A meeting of the Gaelic Committee will take place VIRTUALLY on Tuesday, 18 May 2021 at 10.30am.

Webcast Notice: This meeting will be filmed and broadcast over the Internet on the Highland Council website and will be archived and available for viewing for 12 months thereafter.

You are invited to attend the meeting and a note of the business to be considered is attached. 

Yours faithfully

Stewart Fraser
Head of Corporate Governance

1. Apologies for Absence

2. Declarations of Interest

Members are asked to consider whether they have an interest to declare in relation to any item on the agenda for this meeting.  Any Member making a declaration of interest should indicate whether it is a financial or non-financial interest and include some information on the nature of the interest. Advice may be sought from Officers prior to the meeting taking place.

3. Royal National Mòd 2021

There is circulated Report No. G/4/21 dated 26 April 2021 by the Executive Chief Officer Performance and Governance.

Mr James Graham, Chief Executive Officer and Mr Allan Campbell, President will attend the meeting and will be available to answer Members’ questions regarding the Royal National Mod which was due to be held in Inverness in October 2020 and is hoped to be held in Inverness in October 2021.

The Committee is invited to:-

1. note the initial outline of events for the Royal National Mòd 2021 at Appendix 1 of the report; and
2. agree to support a request to the Corporate Resources Committee on 26 May 2021, to agree to a mid-year budget feed of up to £80,000 to retain the Mòd in the Highlands for another year.

4. Progress against Gaelic Language Plan 3

There is circulated Report No. G/5/21 dated 26 April 2021 by the Executive Chief Officer Performance and Governance.

The Committee is invited to:-

1. Consider the progress made in both monitoring and implementing GLP3 on a quarterly basis utilising the Performance & Risk Management System (PRMS) which is the Council’s corporate performance management system in order to support delivery of GLP3; and
2. Note the progress and challenges regarding the implementation of some enabling actions in the Plan. Challenges are largely due to the pandemic, which has impacted some projected project implementation and completion dates. 

5. Gaelic Translation

There is circulated Report No. G/6/21 dated 27 April 2021 by the Executive Chief Officer Performance and Governance.

The Committee is invited to:-

1. consider the report and note the work that has been undertaken in relation to Gaelic translation; and
2. note the areas of current and future development.

6. Scottish Government Gaelic Specific Grant Report

There is circulated Report No. G/7/21 dated 27 April 2021 by the Executive Chief Officer Performance and Governance.

The Committee is invited to:-

1. consider the 3 projects outlined in the Gaelic Specific Grant;
2. note the application and the commitment to delivering the conditions of the Grant; and
3. note the commitment of the Gaelic Team to delivering the outcomes and promotion of the outcomes in the grant application.

7. Statutory Consultation Gaelic Medium Catchment Proposals

(a) Acharacle Primary School

There is circulated Report No. G/8/21 dated 23 April 2021 by the Executive Chief Officer, Education and Learning.

The Committee is invited to discuss the proposal and note that the Education Committee will be advised of Gaelic Committee Members’ views, prior to taking its decision.

(b) Newtonmore Primary School

There is circulated Report No. G/9/21 dated 27 April 2021 by the Executive Chief Officer Education and Learning.

The Committee is invited to discuss the proposal and note that the Education Committee will be advised of Gaelic Committee Members’ views, prior to taking its decision.

8. Bòrd na Gàidhlig (BnaG) Gaelic Language Act Implementation Funding (GLAIF) - Draft Programme of Projects

There is circulated Report No. G/10/21 dated 27 April 2021 by the Executive Chief Officer Performance and Governance.

The Committee is invited to discuss, note and acknowledge the GLAIF applications that the Highland Council Gaelic Team are managing, leading, and participating in which were submitted to BnaG by the closing date of 22 April 2021.

9. Gaelic Vision and Strategy for Highland Council

There is circulated Report No. G/11/21 dated 6 May 2021 by the Executive Chief Officer Performance and Governance.

The Committee is invited to:-

1. consider the approach to developing the Council’s Vision and Strategy for Gaelic; and
2. comment on any aspects that should be included in the review