See "Reports of Gaelic's demise are premature" article by Jim McBeth in the Scotsman 20 Jan 2003
says, in much more detail, what I suggested about the decline being offset by the numbers of young people who are learning Gaelic in Scotland. REcommended reading!

McBeth also has an article
Parents' shame over their 'secret' language about one family in Skye where the language skipped a generation; the woman whose Gaelic-speaking parents brought her up with English only, sends her children to a Gaelic-medium school.

22 Jan 2003 article in Gaelic by Aonghas Pàdraig Caimbeul about members of the new Gaelic language board

I haven't looked to see what's in "the Scotsman" this month