Trevor Ó Clochartaigh (Sinn Fein)

To answer that question, we ask that the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport discuss the capital investment plan with the House. We could probably put Senator Harte's question to the Minister, Deputy Varadkar. Apparently, the matching funding that was supposed to be available from this side of the Border for the A5 was not available, so perhaps we should get that clarified by the Government parties. Ba mhaith liom, freisin, é seo a iarraidh ar an gCeannaire. The Sinn Féin delegation wrote to all Members of the Seanad about speaking time. We made some positive recommendations as regards allocating speaking time to Sinn Féin Members of the House. Has a decision has been reached on that? We have been told by numerous Members from across the House that they are in favour of the recommendations. We are anxious to know if any decision has been reached by the Leader or the Committee on Procedure and Privileges. Will he clarify if that will appertain to today's debates? We hope it will.

I also welcome the inquiry into the Ballymurphy massacre of August 1971. The Attorney General for Northern Ireland, Mr. John Larkin, has announced there will be an inquiry into this atrocity, in which ten civilians were killed. They were shot dead by British troops. Cuirimid fáilte roimhe sin.

I called last week, and the Leader appeared to be amenable, go mbéadh díospóireacht againn maidir le cúrsaí Gaeilge agus Gaeltachta. There is a timescale to this because a deadline of two months has been given for the review of the samhlú maoinithe, the new funding model that is being proposed through Forás na Gaeilge, to be negotiated and put in place. It is very important that we debate those before any decisions are made by the Minister about the Irish language groups. Tá sé an-tábhachtach go mbéadh deis againn é sin a phlé, chomh maith leis an straitéis 20 bliain agus na pleananna cur i bhfeidhm bliana agus trí bliana atá fógraithe ag an Aire agus go bpléadh muid cúrsaí Gaeilge agus Gaeltachta agus cómhthéacs Mheitheal Forbartha na Gaeltachta agus céard atá chun tarlú leis na cláracha a bhí i gceist ansin.