Cosain an Gaeilge sa chуras dlн - Protect the Irish Language in the legal system

Chuig: Pбirtн an Lucht Oibre (English version below)

Tб bille б bhrъ ag Urlabhraн na Gaeilge i bPбirtн an Lucht Oibre chun scrъdъ bйil agus riachtanas Ghaeilge do dhlнodуirн a chur ar ceal.
Iarrann na daoine thнosluaite ar Phбirtн an Lucht Oibre a aithint

1. Go ndйanfaidh an bille seo dochar do stбdas agus d'ъsбid na Gaeilge go ginearбlta, agus go hбirithe do stбdas na Gaeilge sa chуras dlн.
2. Go mbeidh sй dodhйanta ag cainteoirн Gaeilge a gcearta a fhбil i gcъirteanna na tнre seo, ma ghlactar leis an mbille seo.

3. Gur chуir go mbeadh cбsanna agus seirbhнsн Ghaeilge б dtairiscint i ngach cъirt sa tнr, chun comhionannas a thabhairt do chainteoirн Gaeilge, seachas a bheith ag moladh go mbainfн cearta uathu.

4. Go mbeidh bagairt ar chearta Bunreachtъla na Gaeilge i gceist leis an mbille seo, уs н an Ghaeilge бr gcйad teanga nбisiъnta. Beidh impleachtaн ann chomh maith do stбdas na Gaeilge san Eoraip, бit a bhfuil йileamh ar dhlнodуirн le Gaeilge.

5. Go mbeidh impleachtaн ann freisin do neamhspleбchais na tнre. Mб chuirtear an scrъdъ bйil Ghaeilge ar ceal, agus riachtanais na Gaeilge do dhlнodуirн na tнre seo, beidh бr gcуras dlн in ann sleamhnъ isteach faoi chуras dlн Shasana arнs, mar a bhн roimh 1921. Is ait an bille й seo ag teacht у phбirtн atб ag maнomh go leanann siad Sйamuis O Conghaile, agus go seasann siad do chosmhuintir na hЙireann agus do mhuintir na Gaeltachta.

Iarrann muid ar Phбirtн an Lucht Oibre an bhille seo a tharraingt siar.

To: The Labour Party
A bill is being proposed by the Labour Party Spokesman on the Irish language to end the required oral Irish exam for solicitors and barristers.
The undersigned ask the Labour Party to recognise
1. That this bill will damage the status and usage of the Irish language generally, and especially damage the status of Irish in the legal system.
2. That it will be impossible for Irish speakers to obtain their rights in the courts of this country if this bill is passed.
3.That court cases and services in Irish should be offered in all Irish courts, in order to give equal rights to Irish speakers, rather than proposing to take away these rights.
4. That this bill will pose a threat to the Irish language under the Constitution, as our first official language. There will also be implications for the status of the Irish language in Europe, where Irish-speaking lawyers are in demand.
5. That this bill has implications for the coutnry's independence. If the requirement for an oral Irish exam for lawyers is abolished, our legal system will be able to slide back into the English legal system, as matters stood before 1921. This bill is a very strange proposal from a party which claims to follow James Connolly, and to defend the rights of Irish working people, including those in the Gaeltachtaн.
We the undersigned ask the Labour Party to withdraw this bill.
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