Thomas Byrne (Meath East, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

It is the same as the previous amendment that required everyone in the agency to speak Irish at all times and that translation facilities should not be provided. That is going too far. That would damage the language. That is why I have voted against the Irish language amendments. I have huge respect for the language and I try to speak it as often as I can. These amendments go too far and it will turn people off the language if we start legislating to ensure all work be carried out through Irish. It is right that notices, directions or letters should be written in Irish but providing that all work be carried out in the language is unenforceable.