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Irish Language: Statements (8 Nov 2007)

Cyprian Brady: ...sáid, or to use it as much I would wish. However, unlike the previous speaker, I was privileged and lucky to have attended a Christian Brothers' school which was immersed in the Irish culture and Irish language. I was also lucky in the individuals I met during those years. Like the Minister, who was immersed in the Irish culture, as a result of meeting those people I spent a number of...

Irish Language: Statements (8 Nov 2007)

Michael Ring: An event was held in Farmleigh on 21 December 2006 at which the Minister made a statement about the future of the Irish language. Forum na Gaeilge was an advisory group set up by the Minister. How many times has the group met? How many times did it report to the Minister? When will it meet next? The Minister was to appoint a civil servant to set up an Irish language strategy. What work...

Irish Language: Statements (8 Nov 2007)

Terence Flanagan: ...Ghaeilge mar tá a fhios agam go bhfuil sin tábhachtach. Le cúnamh Dé, tá súil agam go mbeidh mé in ann díospóireacht iomlán a phlé trí mheán na Gaeilge i gceann cúpla míosa. The Irish language is a beautiful rich language. Obviously on 1 January it became an official working language of the EU, which I welcome. It has been reported in the media that there is a shortage...

Irish Language: Statements (8 Nov 2007)

Brian O'Shea: An bhfuil? Tá go maith. What is happening with regard to seachtain na Gaeilge? A special Oireachtas committee dealing with the Irish language solely, in all its ramifications, should be set up. Furthermore, a high level committee should be formed between the Department of Education and Science, RTE, TG4 and Radió na Gaeltachta to maximise the resources available for promoting the Irish...

Irish Language: Statements (8 Nov 2007)

David Stanton: .... Most people in this country would love to be able to speak Irish. TG4 has gone a long way in this regard, but it has a great many programmes in English, so I wonder how much it is promoting the Irish language. I come from an area in east Cork, which the Minister might have heard of, Knockadoon and Ballymacoda. My grandfather was a fluent Irish speaker and that area was a Gaeltacht....

Irish Language: Statements (8 Nov 2007)

David Stanton: .... I taught in a large school, which catered from almost 1,000 students at one stage. I interviewed every pupil on a number of occasions during their time in the school and their loathing for the Irish language always stood out. I do not say that with pride and it was not the fault of teachers. If the students had a choice, they would have given up Irish. I know a young man who attended...

Irish Language: Statements (8 Nov 2007)

Brian O'Shea: ...tá mé chun labhairt as Gaeilge agus as Béarla. For the purpose of today's debate, I intend to address the House in both Irish and English. We are discussing two documents, the statement on the Irish language issued by the Government in December 2006 and the 2002 Coimisiún na Gaeltachta report. The main decision in regard to the 2006 Government statement was to prepare a 20-year...

Irish Language: Statements (8 Nov 2007)

Ulick Burke: ...in respect of what Deputy Deasy said in the House. Initially, I thought it was a bad idea but I am firmly convinced that it is an important move. One balances that against the fact that our Irish language has been recognised as a European language but that the translators have not been available in Europe in the very recent past. We can throw our hands up to high heaven and say various...

Irish Language: Statements (8 Nov 2007)

Éamon Ó Cuív: ...judgments in the absence of a language Act, we could have been ordered to provide any service and document in Irish if requested by a member of the public. The Constitution clearly states that the Irish language is the first official language of the State and to date nobody has proposed to change this position. However, the Constitution wisely made the provision that one could delimit in...

Irish Language: Statements (8 Nov 2007)

Ulick Burke: ...the two. Why do we spend eight years at national school and another five or six at second level and leave practically illiterate in Irish? There is a reason. Fine Gael made a proposal on the Irish language before the election and it was castigated by the Minister and many others, particularly the Minister for Education and Science. The latter stated we wanted to abandon our commitment...

Irish Language: Statements (8 Nov 2007)

Éamon Ó Cuív: ...the representations received — not one of which related to Dingle — I signed the order. A point that is often overlooked in this debate is that up until I signed the order, there was no official Irish language version of any Gaeltacht placename. Officially, An Ceathrú Rua did not exist and the only name for the town was Carraroe. The Act also provided for the continued use of the...