Consultation Closing Date: 9 July 2021

For more information, please contact:

Arts & Heritage Service
Fermanagh and Omagh District Council
County Buildings
16 East Bridge Street
Enniskillen
Co Fermanagh
BT74 7BA

Email: artsandheritage@fermanaghomagh.com
Telephone: 0300 303 1777 

The Lead Officer dealing with this consultation is Ian Davidson (Head of Arts and Heritage).

This document will be available in a range of formats upon request.  Please contact us with your requirements, through the above contact details.
Purpose of this Consultation

Fermanagh and Omagh District Council is currently consulting on the Ulster Scots Policy and is seeking feedback on the current draft.

Sections of the draft policy have been included within this online survey to make your response easier.

A copy of the draft policy is available to download from www.fermanaghomagh.com./consultations

The Ulster Scots Policy aims to protect, promote and enhance Ulster Scots culture and heritage, including its language, arts and literature. This Policy is a local response to various regional, national and international initiatives and programmes as well as the statutory obligations for the Council. It aspires to help promote respect, understanding and good relations within the Council and the District.

This Policy will function within the broader context of the Council’s Corporate and Community Plans, Good Relations Strategy, Corporate Brand Identity and Linguistic Diversity Policy all of which can be found at www.fermanaghomagh.com.
How to Respond

In addition to this online survey, we are also happy to receive feedback by:
Post: Arts & Heritage Service, Fermanagh and Omagh District Council, County Buildings, 16 East Bridge Street
Enniskillen, Co Fermanagh. BT74 7BA.
Email: artsandheritage@fermanaghomagh.com
Telephone: 0300 303 1777
Textphone: (028) 8225 6216

Thank you for taking the time to complete this questionnaire and for sharing your views with Fermanagh and Omagh District Council.

* Please note, there is a Data Protection Statement below *
Data Protection 

Fermanagh and Omagh District Council (the Data Controller) has a legal duty to protect any information it collects about you.

The is fully committed to complying with the Data Protection Act 2018 as well as the principles of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). The information you provide, as part of this consultation response, will be used to provide you with an update on the consultation process and outcomes, when the process has been completed.

Any information provided by you will not be disclosed to any other third party, unless law or regulation compels such a disclosure.

To ensure the Council complies with its statutory duty under the Northern Ireland Act 1998, we are asking all respondents to complete the Equality Monitoring section within this questionnaire, as appropriate. This information will be stored securely and confidentially, and will not be included in any consultation report.

Final reports will contain overall statistics and comments and will not include the names of any individuals. There will also be no ability to match the comments, or statistics, to any individual.

The information provided will be retained in line with the Council’s Retention and Disposal Schedule. Further information on how the Council processes your personal date available online at www.fermanaghomagh.com within the Privacy section.

Confidentiality and Access to Information Legislation

Information provided in response to this consultation, including personal information, may be published or disclosed in accordance with access to information legislation: these are primarily the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOIA), the Data Protection Act 2018 (DPA) and the Environmental Information Regulations 2004 (EIR).

If you want the information that you provide to be treated as confidential, please be aware that, under the Freedom of Information Act, there is a statutory Code of Practice (section 45) with which public authorities must comply and deals with amongst other things, obligations of confidence. In view of this, it would be helpful if you could explain to us why you regard the information you have provided as confidential. If we receive a request for disclosure of the information, we will take full account of your explanation, but we cannot give an assurance that confidentiality can be maintained in all circumstances. An automatic confidentiality disclaimer generated by your IT system will not, of itself, be regarded as binding on Fermanagh and Omagh District Council.

For further information about confidentiality of responses please contact the Information Commissioner’s Office on 028 9026 9380 or email ni@ico.gsi.gov.uk (or see their website at www.ico.gov.uk).

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* 1. I'm responding as:

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* 2. An action from the draft Ulster Scots Plan is to develop a database of organisations and individuals that are interested in Ulster Scots culture, heritage and language.

Would you like to be added to this database informing you of future events, programmes; funding opportunities, meetings and other consultations relating to the Ulster Scots culture, heritage and language?

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* 3. My contact details are:

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* 4. What is your preferred method of communication?

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* 5. In which District Electoral Area (DEA) do you live? (Or, if you are respnding as an organisation, in which DEA is your organisation based?)

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* 6. I am, or my organisation is, predominantly interested in (you may select more than one option)

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