Fergus O'Dowd (Louth, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

The other point raised when representatives of the trade unions were with us, including the teachers, was the discrimination in one jurisdiction concerning not having a qualification in Irish. I am all in favour of Gaeilge and all that, but this is an issue. We must put all these hidden barriers out there for this debate to address them. I know it is not going to happen immediately. There is not going to be a poll tomorrow or the day after, but we really need, and this is just my own honest opinion, a total focus on this context. It will help people to make their minds up. At the end of the day, this will be a decision for everybody North and South to make. I think we must do much more work in this regard and I welcome the work NERI is doing in this regard. It is really-----