Results 4,401-4,420 of 5,388 for speaker:John Deasy
- Irish Language: Statements (8 Nov 2007)
John Deasy: I wish to raise a matter on which I have spoken here previously, that is, the cost of translating documents into Irish â documents that nobody reads. This, as people may be aware, is a consequence of the Official Languages Act passed a couple of years ago by the Minister.
- Irish Language: Statements (8 Nov 2007)
John Deasy: If that is the Minister's only defence, it is fairly pathetic.
- Irish Language: Statements (8 Nov 2007)
John Deasy: On Monday, the Irish Examiner published figures which came from local authorities around the country on how much they were spending on translating their local development plans and their local area plans. Last year, Cork County Council spent â¬90,000 translating its development plan. Nobody requested the Irish copy. In my county, Waterford, â¬26,000 was spent and not one person requested...
- Irish Language: Statements (8 Nov 2007)
John Deasy: That is what they are doing and the Department needs to talk to these people.
- Irish Language: Statements (8 Nov 2007)
John Deasy: They are not aware of that.
- Irish Language: Statements (8 Nov 2007)
John Deasy: The Minister needs to tell them again.
- Irish Language: Statements (8 Nov 2007)
John Deasy: I ask the Acting Chairman to ask the Minister to stay quiet.
- Irish Language: Statements (8 Nov 2007)
John Deasy: The Minister has created so much confusion that he needs to start clarifying the regulations.
- Irish Language: Statements (8 Nov 2007)
John Deasy: Chairman, would you ask the Minister to stay quiet. He is eating into my time.
- Irish Language: Statements (8 Nov 2007)
John Deasy: Deputy à CuÃv is the Minister and he should be clarifying these matters.
- Irish Language: Statements (8 Nov 2007)
John Deasy: The Official Languages Act has become one of the worstââ
- Irish Language: Statements (8 Nov 2007)
John Deasy: The Official Languages Act has become one of the worst unfunded mandates in the country. I still maintain that the Department had no clue as to how much it would cost when the Bill was drafted. It will cost tens of millions. I said that at the time and that is what it will run to. Local authority officials are public officials and we read in the newspaper that public officials effectively...
- Irish Language: Statements (8 Nov 2007)
John Deasy: The Minister will listen. While he does not like it, the Irish speakers are saying that.
- Irish Language: Statements (8 Nov 2007)
John Deasy: Chairmanââ
- Irish Language: Statements (8 Nov 2007)
John Deasy: If that is the Minister's only defence, he is pathetic.
- Irish Language: Statements (8 Nov 2007)
John Deasy: The Minister drafted the legislation and he is wasting this kind of money.
- Irish Language: Statements (8 Nov 2007)
John Deasy: If that is the Minister's defence, it is pathetic. He must admit he made a mistake. He drafted the Bill and is wasting millions of euro.
- Irish Language: Statements (8 Nov 2007)
John Deasy: It is really hard.
- Irish Language: Statements (8 Nov 2007)
John Deasy: I am not living three years ago: I am living in the present. The Minister is wasting money in the present and it has been confirmed by public officials in every local authority in the country. The Minister should stop living in the past.
- Irish Language: Statements (8 Nov 2007)
John Deasy: Sit down.