Results 1-17 of 17 for ("irish language" gaeilge) speaker:Gerry Adams

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (29 May 2019)

Gerry Adams: The Official Languages (Amendment) Bill is to amend the Official Languages Act 2003 to introduce a statutory plan for services in the Irish language. The heads of the Bill were approved in June two years ago and pre-legislative scrutiny has taken place. The Ceann Comhairle may have noticed that the exit poll last week indicated 60% of individuals here believe it is important to use, promote...

Northern Ireland: Statements (29 Mar 2017)

Gerry Adams: ...on in the talks that the DUP was not up for implementing the accords that it had previously agreed with us and the two Governments. It was equally clear that it was not prepared to move on other issues that it has consistently blocked. For example, the DUP has blocked an Irish language strategy and an Acht na Gaeilge from even being discussed by the Executive for years now. This was...

Northern Ireland: Statements (25 Nov 2015)

Gerry Adams: ..., no civic forum and no Acht na Gaeilge. If we apply ourselves we will achieve these measures in the time ahead. Why should Irish-speaking children in the North have to wait for unreconstructed Unionism to decide whether Irish language rights are permissible? I again call for regular, perhaps monthly, debates on the North to deal with Government proposals and have discussions on all of...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Irish Language (26 May 2015)

Gerry Adams: ...tá géarchéim ann sa Ghaeltacht agus i bpobal na Gaeltachta mar gheall ar an Rialtas seo agus Rialtais eile agus a mbeartais laige. Chuir na beartais seo le dul i léig na Gaeilge mar ghnáth-theanga na daoine. The Irish language is under greater pressure than ever, particular in Gaeltacht communities which are losing much needed resources. The number of...

Leaders' Questions (16 Dec 2014)

Gerry Adams: ...no bill of rights, no all-Ireland charter of rights, no joint North-South committee of the two human rights commissions, no compliance with the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages and no Irish language Act. It is my view that the current talks can succeed and a deal can be done. The Sinn Féin team is there to do that, but it cannot be on a purely British or Unionist...

Confidence in Taoiseach and Government: Motion (9 Dec 2014)

Gerry Adams: ...Tánaiste evade questions and duck and dodge their responsibilities, they merely expose this Government's arrogance and incompetence. It is the arrogance of power or what passes for power in this Oireachtas. The Government has no progressive policy on the Irish language. The Straitéis 20 Bliain don Ghaeilge is a non-policy. Gaeltacht areas are being subverted by the failure to...

Order of Business (25 Nov 2014)

Gerry Adams: ...ceist amháin eile agam don Taoiseach maidir le Bille na dteangacha oifigiúla. An tseachtain seo caite, dúirt an Taoiseach liom gur botún nó meancóg a bhí ann nuair a úsáideadh Google translate chun an suíomh idirlín do Chomóradh 1916 a aistriú go Gaeilge. Irish language groups, which were already very nervous about the...

Order of Business (15 Oct 2014)

Gerry Adams: Tá daoine buartha faoi thodhchaí na Gaeilge agus táim ag lorg dáta le haghaidh Bille na dteangacha oifigiúla. Cén uair a bheidh an Bille seo linn sa Dáil? The Taoiseach knows that Irish language enthusiasts and communities throughout the entire island are relying on the outcome of this review in order to plan for the future. As he also knows, the language...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (7 Oct 2014)

Gerry Adams: ...degree that they could be and held the British Government to account for issues A, B and C. I attended Sinn Féin's Slógadh in Derry on Saturday. Acht na Gaeilge is still banned. One cannot use the Irish language in court in the North. The thousands of young people whom I meet in my former constituency, including my family members and garpáistí, are being raised...

Leaders' Questions (16 Jul 2014)

Gerry Adams: ...ílim ag tabhairt amach faoi na Teachtaí seo go pearsanta. However, the appointments and the manner in which the Department has been reorganised provide further evidence of the downgrading of the Irish language and the Gaeltacht that has been the mark of this Government. Dhá bhliain ó shin, bhrúigh an Rialtas an Bille Gaeltachta tríd an Dáil, cé...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Cabinet Committee Meetings (1 Jul 2014)

Gerry Adams: ...í i nGaoth Dobhair. Tá a lán Gaeilge ag an Rialtas ach tá scrios á dhéanamh ar na Gaeltachtaí. Ní thuigim an fáth atá leis seo. The Gaeltacht areas continue to decline and like most parts of rural Ireland, are experiencing emigration. They are the well of the Irish language. Irish has been spoken in these areas for the past 2,000...

Government's Priorities for the Year Ahead: Statements (4 Mar 2014)

Gerry Adams: ...ongoing approach by the Government to all of these issues. As a joint guarantor - not a junior partner - the Government needs to ensure the implementation of all key parts of the agreements, such as an Irish Language Bill, Acht na Gaeilge, a bill of rights, an all-Ireland consultative forum and an all-Ireland charter of rights. As I have often said here, not one comma of the Good Friday...

Government's Priorities for the Year Ahead: Statements (4 Mar 2014)

Gerry Adams: ...to centralise political power and emasculate local democracy. One of the telling marks here - both the Taoiseach and the Tánaiste have much more Gaeilge than I have, as they were reared in a different environment - has been the increase in the marginalisation of the Irish language in the public administration system. Actions of the Government have ensured that language schemes by...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Cabinet Committee Meetings (19 Nov 2013)

Gerry Adams: ...bith. Chuir an Rialtas stad le toghchán Údarás na Gaeltachta. Bhí sé i gceist sa straitéis go mbeadh daltaí ag freastal ar ranganna taobh amuigh den rang Gaeilge, ach níl ar rud ar bith déanta faoi sin. Bhí sé mar rún sa straitéis Irish language resource centre a bhunú i mBaile Bhúirne, ach níl sé sin...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Northern Ireland Issues (14 May 2013)

Gerry Adams: .... For what it is worth, within the so-called United Kingdom there are language Acts in Wales and Scotland. There is also what we have in this State but there is nothing of the kind in the North where the Irish language community is in resurgence and there has been a renaissance of Irish language schools and communities. Fourth, there is the issue of Narrow Water Bridge, which I have...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Northern Ireland Issues (19 Feb 2013)

Gerry Adams: ...-island dispensation. We do not have acht na Gaeilge. I attended two events yesterday, the first of which was just outside Maghera in County Derry, at Carntogher, a wonderful development for the Irish language community. The other, last night in Newry, was at Gaeláras Mhic Ardghail, a new building which is a hub for the Irish language. However, we still do not have what the Good...

Progress on the 20 Year Strategy for the Irish Language: Statements (26 May 2011)

Gerry Adams: ...(Language) Act (Ireland) 1737 decrees that all proceedings in courts of justice, mar dhea, in the North have to be within the English language. In effect, 80 miles up the road from here, the Irish language is illegal in the courts of law. Tá sé sin an-mícheart. Táimid ag déanamh ár ndícheall é a athrú, ach is jab mór é sin don Aire nua. Tá gá ann deireadh a chur leis an...