Éamon Ó Cuív (Galway West, Fianna Fail)

It is significant that last year saw the largest number of children ever attending Irish colleges in the Gaeltacht. The status of the Irish language has been enhanced. All language experts claim the status of a language has a large effect on the interests people show in it. That is clear if one compares what happened in the last century in Ireland and Scotland.

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