Mark Daly (Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

Nuair a cuireadh an cheist ar Linda cé a thabharfadh sí go dinnéar dá mbeadh rogha aici dúirt sí go dtabharfadh sí Nelson Mandela, Íosa, agus Princess Diana. Theastaigh uaithi cuireadh a thabhairt do Diana chun a taobh féin dá scéal a chloisteáil. Linda would invite Princess Diana to listen to her story. Lorgódh sí Nelson Mandela mar tugann a smaointe ar an maithiúnas - forgiveness - inspioráid di. Dúirt sí go ndúirt sé "if you don’t forgive, you are still in prison".

Sa lá atá inniu she runs the Irish language project Turas in East Belfast. Cuireann sí ranganna ar fáil do gach leibhéal - ó bhonnleibhéal go hardleibhéal. She has almost single-handedly untapped and awoken a little-talked-about interest among the Protestant community to learn Gaelic. Dúirt sí:

My aim is to connect people from Protestant communities to their own history with the Irish language. And to make them understand that learning or speaking Irish is certainly no threat to British identity ... Its origins show that it was historically spoken by huge numbers of Protestants across Ulster and in Scotland.

Is maith an t-ainm atá ar an project "Turas". Tá sé ráite ag Linda “for me it is not only a journey into a language but also a journey of healing and reconciliation”. Tá Seanad Éireann buíoch as an turas iontach saoil atá déanta aici. Seanad Éireann is proud of her journey and life she has led that brought her here. Cuirimid fáilte roimpi go Seanad Éireann. Seanad Éireann welcomes her here for Seachtain na Gaeilge.I present Linda Ervine MBE.