The Minister for Media, Tourism, Arts, Culture, Sport and the Gaeltacht, Catherine Martin, T.D. and the Government Chief Whip and the Minister of State for the Gaeltacht and Sport, Jack Chambers TD, today announced that the language plan for Letterkenny in County Donegal has been approved under the language planning process – which means that the town is now recognised as a Gaeltacht service town. They also announced that an annual allowance of up to €80,000 will be provided under the process to support the implementation of the plan. The allowance will be used to employ a Language Planning Officer to help implement the language plan for the town.