Pa Daly (Kerry, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I will also speak briefly in support of those amendments. It is important that there is consistency and that An Garda Síochána is referred to as An Garda Síochána, and not as anything else - particularly not as the force. I do not like that phrase. As Deputy Ó Snodaigh has said, when one speaks to members of the Garda, they always refer to the inspector as the "cig", that is, as the cigire. That is natural and those titles should be made consistent and enforced. It is important to deliver a service, which is of the highest quality and protection for Irish speakers in Gaeltacht areas. People in Gaeltacht areas must see a sufficient level of competence, so that An Garda Síochána in that area is speaking as Gaeilge, and that is enforced. We have already had this in some of the other Bills, as has been stated.