Pearse Doherty (Sinn Fein)

Cuirim fáilte roimh an ráiteas is déanaí atá déanta ag an Roinn chun a chinntiú go dtiocfaidh feabhas ar an Ghaeilge mar teanga teaghlaigh an phobail sna glúinte atá romhainn. Ar an drochuair, áfach, ní raibh an Aire in ann rá nach gcuirfí chun cinn aon ceann de moltaí an bord snip nua. Caithfear a rá freisin, nuair a chuireann Seanadóir ceist i nGaeilge ar Aire nó Aire Stáit ón Roinn Gnóthaí Pobail, Tuaithe agus Gaeltachta, níl sé inghlactha go bhfuil an freagra á thabhairt i dTithí an Oireachtais i mBéarla. Níl sé inghlactha. Caithfimid déanamh cinnte de nach dtarlóidh a leithéid arís.

The point I am making does not in any way reflect on a Minister or anybody who does not have the ability to speak the Irish language. I have the ability to speak it because while I was born in Glasgow my parents moved back to Donegal and we lived in the Gaeltacht. It was an ability I had nearly from birth and it came naturally to me.