Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 6 October 2021
Joint Committee on the Irish Language, the Gaeltacht and the Irish Speaking Community
Cláir Ghaeilge: RTÉ
Ms Dee Forbes:
Our ambition is to try to normalise the language much more across the schedule. As opportunities come up we will look to do that. One example I can talk briefly about is "First Dates Ireland", which is a very popular show for younger adults on RTÉ 2. We have had Irish language couples on that show and it has gone down very well. We have dipped our toe in the water on some of these but we want to do more and the Senator can take it from me that there is a commitment to try to do more of that. Sometimes on days like St. Patrick’s Day or Seachtain na Gaeilge we make a big effort to be more integrated in terms of the Irish and the English. We have recently done a lot more on our continuity so we are doing-----
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