Dr. Niall Comer:

Ba mhaith liom freagra gasta a thabhairt. I would like to address that briefly. Mo bhuíochas as an gceist a chur. I thank Senator Blaney for the question. I know we are not being accused of anything here but the question of the Ulster Scots and the Ulster British traditions has always been mentioned to us in these conversations. Our answer is that first and foremost, we welcome the implementation of New Decade, New Approach and all the provisions that have been made. This was done as an agreement and we have no objection to the other aspects of the agreement being implemented.

I reiterate that it is not the remit of Conradh na Gaeilge to push for other aspects of societal, political or cultural change. We are not a political party. Our job and remit is to promote the Irish language. Having said that, we have no issue with other minority languages or other cultural issues being promoted. Any amendment has to be all-inclusive. There is a push to implementing New Decade, New Approach, the Good Friday Agreement and so on, and everything that was agreed on should be implemented. It should not be cherry-picked in any way, but our fear is that cherry-picking may start. That is why it is vital that this be done now, so that it cannot be unpicked. I fully agree with Senator Blaney's sentiments on this.