Seachtain na Gaeilge: Ráitis
Dail Éireann — 2025-03-05
============================================================

Catherine Callaghan (FG), Carlow-Kilkenny

Ní Gaeilgeoir mise. Táim beagnach neirbhíseach a bheith i mo sheasamh san áit speisialta nuair nach bhfuil Gaeilge perfect agam ach creidim gur fíor an seanfhocal "is fearr Gaeilge bhriste ná Béarla cliste". Tá a lán daoine sa bhaile cosúil liomsa. Ba mhaith liom labhairt go minic ach tá eagla orm go ndéanfaidh mé botún. Níl mé líofa ach tá mo thriúr páistí líofa. In fact, thiomáin mé 120 km san iomlán gach lá chun iad a thabhairt go dtí ár local Gaelscoil. Bhí an bealach ar fad tríd na blianta completely worth it mar tá Gaeilge blasta acu. Tá brón orm, I will have to revert. I ask the Government to please consider introducing even basic Gaeilge to the proposed State-funded childcare facilities. Táim ag caint faoi fhocail shimplí cosúil le "Tóg amach do bhosca lóin", "bróga" nó "Seo é cathaoir" because I think it would be very beneficial to tuismitheoiri cosúil liomsa nuair atá siad sa bhaile. It would open an opportunity to demystify the perceived difficulty i scoileanna in learning ár dteanga, even if it is only for a dedicated leathuair nó uair gach lá.

---

Source: Houses of the Oireachtas. Licensed under CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). The Official Report is revised after first publication; the fetch timestamp below identifies the version quoted.

Record URI: https://data.oireachtas.ie/akn/ie/debateRecord/dail/2025-03-05/debate/main
Retrieved: 2026-08-14T04:53:34+00:00
Sitting date: 2025-03-05