Results 1-13 of 13 for ("irish language" gaeilge) speaker:Rónán Mullen

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: The Irish Language and the New Decade New Approach Agreement: Conradh na Gaeilge (2 Mar 2021)

Rónán Mullen: .... Andrews Agreement and New Decade, New Approach, is this political or about the reluctance of unionists? We spoke at this committee last week about the fact that we are rather one-sided as a committee and do not have that buy-in to the work of this committee. When I look at how inadequate, inconsistent and sometimes insincere the political and official commitment to the promotion and...

Seanad: Address to Seanad Éireann by Mr. Mícheál Ó Muircheartaigh (21 Mar 2018)

Rónán Mullen: ...uncharitable word, a mhalairt atá fíor. He is an encourager and he brings people with him. Is é an tríú rud ná, é sin ráite, tá rudaí tábhachtacha le rá aige. Níor chaill sé riamh seans an Ghaeilge a chur chun cinn. Ní hé an cúpla focal atá i gceist. Bhí go leor daoine ann nach raibh...

Seanad: Order of Business (17 May 2017)

Rónán Mullen: ...in the 2016 census was shocking and disappointing. No doubt Senator Ó Clochartaigh, who knows much more than I do about this and who is very directly concerned with these matters, will back me up on what I am saying. One of the specific objectives of the 20-year strategy for the Irish language was to increase the number of people in the Gaeltacht speaking Irish on a daily basis by...

Seanad: Seachtain na Gaeilge: Statements (8 Mar 2017)

Rónán Mullen: ...sin ag an gcaoi céanna ina gcaitear le coistí eile anseo san Oireachtas. Mar shampla, chuala mé tuairiscí go raibh litreacha á gcur ón gcoiste sin chuig Airí éagsúla agus nach raibh an coiste ag fáil freagraí orthu. Is fiú dul i muinín an Béarla chun an méid seo a rá ar fhaitíos nach gcloisfear é...

Seanad: Order of Business (31 Jan 2017)

Rónán Mullen: ...timeframe. However, the fact that is was not a requirement, as Mr. Julian de Spáinn of Conradh na Gaeilge said, gur "údar díomá" dó é nach bhfuil an Ghaeilge ann mar riachtanas do phost mar sin. Sufficient proficiency in the Irish language should be a requirement for senior jobs in the Civil Service, particularly where the responsibility for the Irish...

Seanad: Order of Business (10 Nov 2015)

Rónán Mullen: ...chumas an choiste céanna seo féachaint chuige go bhfuil dóthain cainteoirí inniúla Gaeilge sa Státseirbhís. Sin ceist mhór mar ní sin mar atá i láthair na huaire. Although we often speak about it during the week in which St. Patrick's Day falls, Seachtain na Gaeilge and so on, the challenges facing the Irish language in the Gaeltacht...

Seanad: An Bille um an gCeathrú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Comhionannas Pósta) 2015: Céim an Choiste - Thirty-fourth Amendment of the Constitution (Marriage Equality) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (27 Mar 2015)

Rónán Mullen: ...in favour of same-sex marriage. A compliant media again let the Government right off the hook on that when they hastily went to amend their hand and came up with a better translation into the Irish language of what they were proposing to do. Does it not tell us an awful lot that that even happened? It tells us a lot about the arrogance and presumption that this could all be rushed...

Seanad: Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2011: Report Stage (Resumed) (7 Jul 2011)

Rónán Mullen: The possibility of doing so should always be on the agenda. We live in hope. The issue at stake here is clear. Anything related to the Irish language raises profound sensitivities in many people and for good reason. Regardless of their level of competence in the language, many people very much cherish it and insist on it being shown respect. Respect for the language and the perception...

Seanad: Irish Language: Statements (10 Mar 2010)

Rónán Mullen: ...n mar atá sé faoi láthair agus beidh gá le hobair ansin. Guím gach rath orthu siúd a bhéas i mbun na hoibre sin. Dúirt an Piarsach uair amháin, "The Irish people would do anything for the Irish language except learn or speak it." Tá súil agam nach bhfuil sin fíor sa lá atá inniu ann. Tuigimid uilig go bhfuil dea-mhéin imeasc an chuid is mó de phoball na tíre maidir leis...

Seanad: Order of Business (2 Dec 2009)

Rónán Mullen: ...dul trasna an bhóthair agus dul i mbun cainte leis na daoine ansin. It is good that a number of the unhelpful recommendations in the McCarthy have been set at nought by the 20-year strategy for the Irish language, which is welcome. It would also be good, as Senator Ó Domhnaill said, if people's proposals on the strategy were discussed by the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Arts, Sport,...

Seanad: Order of Business (9 Jun 2009)

Rónán Mullen: ...agus tacaíocht a thabhairt ionas go mbeidh nuachtán Gaeilge seachtainiúil againn amach anseo. It is vital for the intellectual future of this country that discussion of current affairs in the Irish language is carried out in both the broadcast and print media and a weekly newspaper is an essential part thereof. I hope the Leader will consider supporting the Private Members' motion I...

Seanad: Broadcasting Bill 2008: Committee Stage (4 Jun 2008)

Rónán Mullen: ...chun ár dteanga mionlach — an phríomh theanga oifigiúil — a chothú. Broadcasting services are a transmitter of culture and messages about many things. If we are serious about promoting the Irish language, the one area in which we should do so is in broadcasting because such services reach many people. Even where the school system might let them down, broadcasting services can...

Seanad: Order of Business (11 Mar 2008)

Rónán Mullen: ...Standing Orders, but when it comes to the index, it is only in English. That is just a small thing, but it illustrates how difficult it is for us to find concistency in matters of the use of the Irish language. It is important to re-emphasise what Senator Ó Murchú said, that we should have appropriate respect from the media towards contributions that are made trí Ghaeilge in the...