Results 1-10 of 10 for ("irish language" gaeilge) speaker:Ulick Burke

Straitéis 20 Bliain Don Ghaeilge: Ráitis (18 Nov 2010)

Ulick Burke: ...in making Irish a more widely used language. A fortnight ago in Brussels, I was informed by an official there that there is a danger that, despite having fought hard over the years to make the Irish language a working EU language, its official status may be withdrawn soon. Will the Minister ensure this does not happen? It was gratifying to hear Irish MEPs using the language in the...

Údarás na Gaeltachta (Amendment) Bill 2010 [Seanad]: Committee and Remaining Stages (6 Jul 2010)

Ulick Burke: ...that we, collectively, come out the other end unable to converse in our native tongue. There is talk of a report and a review. It is most important that this review puts the emphasis on making the Irish language acceptable and making it easy to converse in. At one time the universities taught Old Irish and Old English. The teaching of Irish must be tackled in a meaningful way. The...

Broadcasting Bill 2008 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed). (9 Oct 2008)

Ulick Burke: ...affairs, public service broadcasting, broadcast content production, digital media technologies, trade union affairs, business or commercial affairs and matters pertaining to the development of the Irish language. If those appointed have expertise in all the areas cited in section 9, we will have an active, constructive authority. I am concerned that the Government will appoint the nine...

Legal Practitioners (Irish Language) Bill 2007: Second Stage (13 Dec 2007)

Ulick Burke: ...íodóirí agus breithimh ar fud na tíre an Ghaeilge i bhfad níos mó, go mórmhór sa Ghaeltacht. It is important that we support the Bill not only because of its implications for the use of the Irish language but also in view of a recent court case where a translation from English into Irish was queried and tested. In that instance, the interpretation of the translation by fíor...

Irish Language: Statements (8 Nov 2007)

Ulick Burke: ...the two. Why do we spend eight years at national school and another five or six at second level and leave practically illiterate in Irish? There is a reason. Fine Gael made a proposal on the Irish language before the election and it was castigated by the Minister and many others, particularly the Minister for Education and Science. The latter stated we wanted to abandon our commitment...

Irish Language: Statements (8 Nov 2007)

Ulick Burke: ...in respect of what Deputy Deasy said in the House. Initially, I thought it was a bad idea but I am firmly convinced that it is an important move. One balances that against the fact that our Irish language has been recognised as a European language but that the translators have not been available in Europe in the very recent past. We can throw our hands up to high heaven and say various...

Seanad: Irish Language: Motion. (5 Apr 2006)

Ulick Burke: I move: That Seanad Éireann: —noting that our young people receive 1,500 hours of education in the Irish language throughout their schooling, at an estimated cost of €500 million per annum; —recognising that Irish is the only subject that all students are required to take after the junior certificate examination; —deeply concerned at the fact that, in spite of this situation, many...

Seanad: Irish Language: Motion. (5 Apr 2006)

Ulick Burke: ...by Údarás na Gaeltachta by way of any deontas a raibh le fáil. That was wrong, and it was the first indication of the failure of the Government to respond to a need that was there to support the Irish language. We must address the issue. The 2002 census demonstrates the decline in the numbers of the people using Irish as their primary language on a daily basis. There was a decline of...

Seanad: Recognition of the Irish Language: Motion. (21 Jan 2004)

Ulick Burke: ...Minister was sincere in promoting Irish, he would have encouraged all of us to use the cúpla focal here and there in the discussion that took place. Were it not for TG4 and Radio na Gaeltachta, the Irish language would be dead and gone. Never mind Conradh na Gaeilge — its members have been purists regarding the language, which is why a great deal of damage has been done to it. People...

Seanad: Adjournment Matter. - Schools Building Projects. (5 Mar 2003)

Ulick Burke: ...over-emphasised. Senator Kitt outlined the fact that many of the school's classrooms are in disused shop units, which are dangerous in the extreme. The goodwill among the community in promoting the Irish language has provided many children with an excellent educational service through Gaeilge. Whatever the website might say or whatever numbers game might be played, it is important to...