Dan Boyle (Green Party)

Gabhaim leithscéal ach beidh mé ag caint as Béarla ins an diospóireacht seo. Given that my father was a native speaker and that my mother did her Árdteistiméaracht as Gaeilge, I do not even use the excuse that I was born in the United States to explain my continuing lack of confidence in using the Irish language. Like most people in this country, after an education for 13 years I can understand Irish in reading and hearing what others say, but the vital element of confidence in speaking in a debate such as this-----