Joe O'Toole (Independent)

I have much more to say on this issue. We will return to this tomorrow morning.

I would like you to listen closely, a Chathaoirligh, because I am trying to illustrate that people who are well intentioned but are not rooted in the background, beliefs, cultural values and language of the people with whom they work find themselves in difficulty. There is no shortcut around this.

The Minister of State will remember the introduction of the Stay Safe programme. It was found utterly unacceptable to import the very good and similar programme being used in the United Kingdom. We had to adapt the programme to meet Irish needs. Similarly, when we introduced remediation in Gaeltacht areas, chuir Muintearas feachtas ar bun in gConamara chun féachaint ar conas ar chóir an rud a chur ar fáil. An rud a dheineadar an uair sin tuarascáil a chur ar fáil a raibh a lán moltaí inti. Moladh, mar shampla, go mbeadh Gaoluinn agus tuiscint na Gaoluinne ag na siceolaithe a bheadh ag déileáil leis na leanaí.