Cuirim fáilte roimh an díospóireacht seo ach ní mór dom a rá go bhfuil cás na Gaeilge agus na Gaeltachta thar a bheith leochaileach faoi láthair. Níl tuiscint cheart ag an Rialtas, ag cuid mhaith den Oireachtas agus ag a lán den phobal i gcoitinne ar cé chomh dona is atá cúrsaí. Níl an Rialtas seo, ná aon rialtas le déanaí, ag cuidiú le stop a chur leis an chúlú sin. Níl an státchóras tugtha le seirbhísí Gaeilge a chur ar fáil go huathoibríoch. Bíonn drogall orthu, nó déanann siad neamhaird go hiomlán ar chearta Ga…

Go raibh maith agat, a Theachta.

I thank Teachta Fitzmaurice, but his time is up.

There is a part of the budgetary process that perplexes me annually. I have not been able to get any Minister to take responsibility for the Vote in question. Even the Ceann Comhairle has continually blocked my attempts to get an answer, stating, in response to my parliamentary questions, that the Minister has no official responsibility to the Dáil for this matter. The only response I ever received was from the former Minister, the late Brian Lenihan, in 2005, when he provided me with the annual costs from 1996 onw…

I accept that. It is not interference.

Amendments Nos. 5 to 7, inclusive, are related and may be discussed together. Amendment No. 6 is a physical alternative to amendment No. 5.

I am reluctant to interrupt the Deputy but he seems to be straying from the purpose of the amendment.

The Peep o' Day Boys are gone 200-odd years. We now have the Orange Order instead.

The Peep o' Day Boys are gone more than 200 years. It is the Orange Order now.

If the Deputy respects the Chair, he will respect the Standing Orders of the House which require him to stick to the topic.

I am not saying it is not relevant.

I am saying the Deputy should stick to the topic of the amendment.

The amendment is not about enforcement. It is about public meetings.

This is not relevant either. If the Deputy wants to waffle away there, he can, but not here.

The Peep o' Day Boys disappeared and became the Orange Order. That is a historical fact. That is all I was telling the Deputy.

I must ask the Deputy to return to the purpose of the amendment.

The Deputy is straying a long way from it at this stage.

The amendments are about public meetings. I ask the Deputy to address the issue of public meetings.

We are debating public meetings.

We are not. We are specifically dealing with amendments Nos. 5 to 7, inclusive.