Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 2 March 2021

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement

The Irish Language and the New Decade New Approach Agreement: Conradh na Gaeilge

Photo of Annie HoeyAnnie Hoey (Labour) | Oireachtas source

I thank everyone. This has been really interesting. There is a lot to learn to gain an understanding of this area. I ask everyone to bear with me as I speak my pidgin Irish. I will do my best.

I have two questions. We have talked a lot about their subject matter already. One of them relates to how the communities themselves feel.

Conas a bhraitheann an pobal nuair a fheiceann sé go bhfuil moill arís agus arís eile ar na gealltanais a tugadh i gComhaontú Chill Rímhinn i 2006 maidir le reachtaíocht don Ghaeilge straitéis don Ghaeilge agus cúig bliana dhéag ina dhiaidh sin níl ceachtar acu sin ann fós, cé gur gealladh an dá rud arís sa chomhaontú ar Ré Nua, Cur Chuige Nua i 2020? Cad ba cheart do Rialtas na hÉireann a dhéanamh chun cinntiú go gcomhlíontar na gealltanais seo faoi dheireadh? I probably jumbled them up a bit. I did my best. What is the community response to this? Witnesses have given a flavour of that already. Are there frustrations? What can the Irish Government do? Senator Black asked what can we do but what is it that the Irish Government needs to do to move this forward? It has been a long time, 15 years. What are the concise things the Government can do?

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