Darragh O'Brien (Dublin Fingal, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

We have had a good discussion here and, in fairness, I think people can see that there is no easy way to approach some elements of this on the housing side. We had an issue a few years ago in one of the Gaeltachtaí whereby a family moved in and there was a Gaelscoil, a scoil lán-Ghaeilge, and they had no Irish. A case was taken to court to insist that the child spoke English, and various other things came up. That is not for a planning Bill, though. Let us remember what this is. I know we are right in the middle of this element of it, but what I will bring forward, I believe, will be a significant step forward in how we plan the development, housing developments and other developments, within our Gaeltacht regions. I am not one for contracting the Gaeltacht either, by the way, because other communities have been able to effectively fight back, for want of another phase, and to grow the language in those areas with a very specific focus on what is needed in those specific villages, towns and areas. That is what this is about.