Departmental Schemes
Dail Éireann — 2021-11-09
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Micheál Martin (FF), Cork South-Central

Ó thaobh na ceiste a chur an Teachta McDonald, tá an méid atá ráite aici dochreidte. Níl an Stát i gcoinne saoránaigh na tíre seo ó thaobh na teanga de. Táimid ag tabhairt gach aon tacaíocht don teanga agus do mhuintir na tíre ó thaobh na teanga a chur chun cinn. I find it very difficult to accept the language Deputy McDonald uses to exhort me to take a stand for the Irish language. There is a sense that we are somehow against it. I have learned Irish. I do everything I possibly can to promote Irish. I speak Irish. I want people to enjoy Irish. I have never weaponised Irish for political purposes and I regret that the Deputy tends to do that too much.

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Sitting date: 2021-11-09