I stumbled across this while searching for something completely different. This debate was held 18 years ago..

http://www.oireachtas-debates.gov.ie/D/0305/D.0305.197804190038.html

Interesting.

Thanks, James. I have not finished reading it yet, but I found it amusing that my first attempt at learning Irish was in the 1970's and that when it was said that "The Deputy is wandering a bit into generalities, and if we allow the debate to follow those lines we could lose complete control" I was reminded of what often happens here at Daltai, myself included. The length of the transcript reminds me of the Congressional Record. I wonder how many times the resurrect the Irish language wheel has been turned. I am looking forward to reading the rest of the document.

Many, many turns...

http://historical-debates.oireachtas.ie/S/0003/S.0003.192406040009.html