Tá tacaíocht don tuairim sin le fáil ón mBreitheamh Hardiman den Chúirt Uachtarach sa chúis Ó Beoláin V Fahy [2001] 2 T.E., agus é ag aontú le focla an Phríomh-Bhreithimh Ó Cinnéide in Ó Foghludha V McClean [1934] T.E., ag a raibh ráite i leith Airteagal 4 de Bhunreacht 1922, 'None of the organs of the State, legislative, executive or judicial may derogate from the pre-eminent status of the Irish language as the National language of the State' (m'aibhsiú féin).
Is é an coincheap ábharthach atá i gceist anseo ná rud ar a dtugtar 'Legitimate Legislative Purpose' i mBéarla; is é sin an prionsabal gur gá go mbeadh aidhm reachtúil ceart ag aon phíosa reachtaíochta.
The Heads of the Bill will be forwarded to the Joint Committee on the Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht today and Mr McGinley said that he was “looking forward to the debate” as the Bill went through the legislative process.
These included draft policy proposals for educational provision in Gaeltacht areas and it was also important to note that the Irish language had been given “significant constitutional and legislative protection by the State ”.
“That this Council, noting the existing lavish provision for Irish language interests, opposes any attempt, under any legislative guise, to make Irish an official language in Northern Ireland or to require to be treated on a par with English, either in the council or elsewhere, believing such would create massive public expenditure, and a clear disadvantage to the non-Irish speaking majority and prove needlessly divisive across the community,” a deir an rún.
Ina alt a foilsíodh an tseachtain seo caite, dúirt an tOllamh Conchúr Ó Giollagáin nach raibh sa bhille teanga ach "the latest version of token State provision to bolster the symbolic status of Irish - legislative fiddling while Rome burns".
Maidir le hárachas sláinte: A system of Universal Health Insurance will be introduced by 2016, with the legislative and organisational groundwork for the system complete within this Government’s term of office.
“The Government in the next Parliament must bring forward legislative proposals—as a matter of urgency—to remedy the situation.” Sa chuid eile den tuarascáil, thug an Coiste sonraí maidir le roghanna éagsúla le déileáil leis an gceist – Ceithre rogha a bhí i gceist: Mhol siad go rithfí reacht na dtréimhsí i dtaca le gach eachtra a raibh baint ag iarchomhaltaí de chuid na bhFórsaí Armtha léi i rith na dTrioblóidí go dtí Comhaontú Aoine an Chéasta i 1998.
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