Mark Daly (Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

Mar is eol do na Seanadóirí go léir, seo Seachtain na Gaeilge. Like many people, níl mórán Gaeilge agam. However, táim ag freastal ar ranganna Gaeilge faoi láthair to improve mo chuid Gaeilge. I encourage Senators who are not confident in their standard of Irish, like me, to use Seachtain na Gaeilge as an opportunity and a first step or chéad chéim back to the language. Mar a dúirt an tUachtarán Micheál D. Ó hUigínn when he launched Seachtain na Gaeilge, bain triail as agus bain sult as - try it and enjoy it. Of course, it was Micheál D. Ó hUigínn, an tUachtarán, who started TG4. Tá TG4 go hiontach and anyone who has not followed its Twitter account should do so because tá sé go hiontach freisin. It is very entertaining and tá ceist agam agus ag gach duine who follows that Twitter account, "cad é ainm intern TG4?". That person certainly brings a smile to people's faces. Ainm an intern í an cheist atá ag gach duine. I have circulated liosta beag of words and phrases go dtí na Seanadóirí that they could use i rith na díospóireachta sa Seanad. I hope they find them useful as a way of reconnecting with an teanga náisiúnta. Anois glaoim ar Threoraí an Tí, an Seanadóir Regina Doherty.