Camillus Glynn (Fianna Fail)

Appropriate action has been taken to address road safety. I ask the Leader to invite the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources to ascertain what can be done to ensure safety on our lakes, canals and rivers. Westmeath is the lakes county and I am not a killjoy. While I love to see sports activities taking place on our lakes, I recognise the problem of speedboat and jet-ski enthusiasts who disregard other lake users. I suggest that to discontinue this practice we should provide boats of all sizes with licence numbers to help determine who the owners are. There have been grave incidents.

Os rud é go bhfuair Séamus de Brún bás, ba mhaith liom iarraidh ar an gCeannaire ráitais ar an dteanga Gaeilge chomh luath agus is féidir. In view of the fact that we have lost a great champion of the Irish language and our traditions, we should arrange for statements on the use of the language. A recent survey has shown that there has even been a decline in its use in Gaeltacht areas.