Trevor Ó Clochartaigh (Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

Ach an oiread le mo chomhghleacaithe, ba mhaith liom fíor chaoin fáilte a chur roimh an Seanadóir Hildegarde Naughton. Tá a ceapachán suntasach ar chúpla bealach, is bean í, is Gaillimheach í agus is Gaeilgeoir í. Tá mé cinnte go mbeidh sí ag tacú linn ó thaobh chur chun cinn na Gaeilge.

I note the importance that the Government places on Galway. We are now in second place behind Dublin in terms of representation in this House by my count because I am claiming Senators Keane and Mullen as Gaillimhe. That is a very welcome addition. I will call for a debate, as I have done on a few occasions, on traffic in Galway. The Leader told me previously that Senator Naughten as mayor of Galway would solve the problem for us and certainly go a long way towards doing that but it has not been completely solved and is still a major issue. We are seeing it at the moment with the Galway Arts Festival and the races coming up. There are national issues there. Perhaps in the autumn we could have a series of regional development debates taking in particular regions and infrastructure and job creation issues. Cuirim fáilte roimh an Seanadóir Naughton agus táim cinnte go ndéanfaidh sí fíor jab.