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Gaeltacht Bill 2012 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (13 Jul 2012)

Dinny McGinley: ...ba chóir a dhéanamh. Cé acu a labhair siad i nGaeilge nó i mBéarla ní chuireann sé isteach ormsa ar chor ar bith. Tuigim go bhfuil daoine nach bhfuil cumas Gaeilge acu. Chuir an Teachta Buttimer a mhéar ar rud éigin an-thábhachtach, agus is fear é a bhfuil oideachas air agus Gaeilge aige ach, mar a dúirt sé féin, d'fhéadfadh sé a bheith níos fearr. Tá daoine eile a...

Gaeltacht Bill 2012 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (13 Jul 2012)

Jerry Buttimer: Neither would Sinn Féin.

Gaeltacht Bill 2012 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (13 Jul 2012)

Damien English: I wish to share time with Deputies Griffin and Buttimer.

Gaeltacht Bill 2012 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (13 Jul 2012)

Jerry Buttimer: Tá áthas orm cúpla focal a rá ar an reachtaíocht seo. Cosúil leis an Teachta Griffin, tá brón orm a rá nach bhfuil go leor cleachtadh déanta agam ar mo chuid Gaeilge. Cuirim fáilte roimh fhoilsiú an Bhille seo, atá tábhachtach do mhuintir na Gaeltachta, don teanga agus don chomhphobal. Léiríonn rath an fheachtais gaelscolaíochta dúinn go bhfásfaidh agus go bhforbróidh...

Gaeltacht Bill 2012 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (13 Jul 2012)

Jerry Buttimer: It is a question of changing the mindset. I return to Deputy Creed's comment on imperialism, which ought to be remembered. Deputy Peadar Tóibín is against imperialism.

Gaeltacht Bill 2012 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (13 Jul 2012)

Jerry Buttimer: Irish is our language. It is a question of creating an awareness campaign, going to Bishopstown, Navan, Killarney, Macroom-----

Gaeltacht Bill 2012 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (13 Jul 2012)

Jerry Buttimer: If I were using empty platitudes, I would not be in this House speaking today; I would be at home in Cork. I love my language and want to see it flourish, as do my colleagues. I know of teachers who are visiting Irish summer camps this week in Cork city and various other parts of the country. They involve young people ag súgradh agus ag caint trí Ghaeilge agus ag foghlaim Gaeilge in the...

Gaeltacht Bill 2012 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (13 Jul 2012)

Jerry Buttimer: I am in favour not of the traditional Sinn Féin divide-and-conquer approach but of what the Minister of State is doing. I want to bring people together, le chéile, so we can have a language that is spoken and lived and in respect of which there is no differentiation. Nobody would scorn me today, as Deputy Tóibín has done, for entering the House to speak in support of Irish.

Gaeltacht Bill 2012 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (13 Jul 2012)

Jerry Buttimer: I wish I could come in here and speak trí Ghaeilge for my whole ten minutes but I cannot do so. However, I hope I will be able to do so in time. It is incumbent on all of us to allow the language to flourish and develop. The gaelscoil movement has shown that the kinds of people who did not traditionally have Irish could take it on and learn it. We must inculcate a love of the language....