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Seanad: Irish Language: Motion. (5 Apr 2006)

Ann Ormonde: ...and make an effort to speak Irish. While I may not have the blas myself and am not good at speaking Irish, I wish to have my cúpla focail on the record because of my interest in the revival of the Irish language. The wording on the proposed amendment is self-explanatory. Irish is recognised in the Constitution as the national language, and the Government is clearly committed to promoting...

Seanad: Irish Language: Motion. (5 Apr 2006)

Joe McHugh: ...not born in the Gaeltacht. If I had been, I would have more muinín in terms of my ability to express myself through Irish. There is a lot going on in my region and a community development group, an Irish language group, runs many courses for the people of the area. Much of its work is voluntary and it receives some Gaeltacht funding, etc. There is a complete revival of the Irish language...

Seanad: Irish Language: Motion. (5 Apr 2006)

John Gerard Hanafin: ...the House my view on what will happen. The policy they are propounding is to remove the compulsory element of Irish for the leaving certificate. It will single-handedly sound the death-knell of the Irish language, and I am not being political, but am speaking from concern. It is interesting that the Labour Party in the Dáil does not support this policy. Neither does the Green Party. I...

Seanad: Irish Language: Motion. (5 Apr 2006)

Ulick Burke: ...by Údarás na Gaeltachta by way of any deontas a raibh le fáil. That was wrong, and it was the first indication of the failure of the Government to respond to a need that was there to support the Irish language. We must address the issue. The 2002 census demonstrates the decline in the numbers of the people using Irish as their primary language on a daily basis. There was a decline of...

Seanad: Irish Language: Motion. (5 Apr 2006)

John Minihan: I welcome the Minister of State to the House and the opportunity to speak on the use of the Irish language, how it is taught to children and adults and its promotion and preservation. There will hardly be a Member of this House who is not concerned by the fact many of our young people leave school without a reasonable command of the Irish language as stated in the Opposition motion. I would...

Seanad: Irish Language: Motion. (5 Apr 2006)

Michael Kitt: ...curriculum and continues to be in the new curriculum. Senator Ó Murchú hit the nail on the head when he referred to easpa muinín, a lack of confidence which might be due to bias. I taught the Irish language to children who were born in the United States and neither they nor their parents had any bias against the language. The same is true for non-national people who are living in...

Seanad: Irish Language: Motion. (5 Apr 2006)

John Gerard Hanafin: .... Tá dúshlán láidir os comhair múinteoirí, córas oideachais agus sochaí na tíre seo go ginearálta. It rests on the Government and on all leaders to show leadership in respect of the Irish language. I am always the first to say that the school cannot solve every problem in society, but for the most part the school is the first and only place where children learn Irish. Our...

Seanad: Irish Language: Motion. (5 Apr 2006)

Ulick Burke: I move: That Seanad Éireann: —noting that our young people receive 1,500 hours of education in the Irish language throughout their schooling, at an estimated cost of €500 million per annum; —recognising that Irish is the only subject that all students are required to take after the junior certificate examination; —deeply concerned at the fact that, in spite of this situation, many...

Seanad: Irish Language: Motion. (5 Apr 2006)

Joe O'Toole: ...na Gaoluinne, i nDún Chaoin, agus bhí leanaí sa scoil sin, naíonáin shóisear a bhí tagtha ó Londain, ón Spáinn agus ón Ghearmáin, but those teachers are still trying to inculcate the Irish language without the support of textbooks, and that is completely and utterly wrong. The Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs should be taken to the real world, where such...