John Deasy (Waterford, Fine Gael)

I will list some of the Minister's grand accomplishments regarding the Irish language since becoming Minister in 2002 — translating documents that no one will ever read; making Irish an official EU language; and endless committees, fora and reports on the Irish language. It might also be worth pointing out that since he took up his job as Minister in 2002, according to the census figures there are now fewer Irish speakers.

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