TDs need to know Irish?

1huge1 · 15-11-2012 6:52pm #1

I've been searching online for a while but can't find anything. I thought i heard once that you need to know Irish to become a TD in Ireland. If this is so. Do they all know Irish? Would they not be allowed to become a TD if they do not know Irish

cardwizzard · 15-11-2012 6:58pm

Half of them can't speak English good,:P

Yeah i think its a requirement to be fluent in Irish.

Spiritual · 15-11-2012 6:58pm

Best they know Irish, enables them to BS in two languages.

15-11-2012 7:01pm

All that's required of TDs is to be fluent in bullsh*t, but bullsh*t 'as Gaelige' is the crem de la crem of bullsh*t.

Local-womanizer · 15-11-2012 7:02pm

I doubt they do, what about TDs from other countries?

mikom · 15-11-2012 7:02pm

1huge1 wrote: »

I've been searching online for a while but can't find anything. I thought i heard once that you need to know Irish to become a TD in Ireland. If this is so. Do they all know Irish? Would they not be allowed to become a TD if they do not know Irish

Yes, most teachers in Ireland can speak Irish.....

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BobbyPropane · 15-11-2012 7:02pm

Cliched Responses ^^^^^^^^^^^^

SeaFields · 15-11-2012 7:03pm

No they dont afaik

zyanya · 15-11-2012 7:15pm

eh *scratches head* pardon me, what's a TD?

El Weirdo · 15-11-2012 7:42pm

zyanya wrote: »

eh *scratches head* pardon me, what's a TD?

Turbo Dick.

mikom · 15-11-2012 7:44pm

zyanya wrote: »

eh *scratches head* pardon me, what's a TD?

A transmitted disease without the sex.

later12 · 15-11-2012 7:47pm

Whether or not they can speak Irish is irrelevant to their competence in legislating.

It's far more important that Judges be fluent in Irish in the Gaeltacht districts and (more importantly) in the High Court and Supreme Court, given that the Irish version of the constitution takes precedence over the English version.

And also given the hash DeValera made of the bilingual constitution, which wasn't so much translated as written twice.

Does anyone know if there is an investigation into or an assessment of a judge's/ counsel's competence in Irish prior to his or her appointment to a higher court?

15-11-2012 7:47pm

Local-womanizer wrote: »

I doubt they do, what about TDs from other countries?

Gerry Adams can string a few words together 'as Gaelige'.

zyanya · 15-11-2012 7:47pm

by a turbo dick?

Scioch · 15-11-2012 7:49pm

You dont need to know anything to be a TD.

CillianL · 15-11-2012 7:58pm

Are you joking? If every Teachtaí Dála had to speak Irish you wouldn't fill half the seats, though that wouldn't be a bad thing considering most of the ***** can't do anything anyway.

The bold Bertie couldn't speak any language fluently and he ran the country for years so you wouldn't expect much of the backbenchers!

15-11-2012 8:02pm

CillianL wrote: »

Are you joking? If every Teachtaí Dála had to speak Irish you wouldn't fill half the seats, though that wouldn't be a bad thing considering most of the ***** can't do anything anyway.

The bold Bertie couldn't speak any language fluently and he ran the country for years so you wouldn't expect much of the backbenchers!

I could never understand a word he was saying, I thought he ALWAYS spoke in Irish.

petersburg2002 · 15-11-2012 8:02pm

The Sinn Fein TD for Cork North Central Jonathan O'Brien is cringeworthy. He can barely speak English. And to have these guys on Dail Committees interrogating bankers etc. Give me a break.

cluelessgent · 15-11-2012 8:04pm

Indeed, perhaps it should be a requirement for our representatives to be fluent in English as a minimum as I find them lacking such a possession

Gent

15-11-2012 8:06pm

petersburg2002 wrote: »

The Sinn Fein TD for Cork North Central Jonathan O'Brien is cringeworthy. He can barely speak English. And to have these guys on Committees interrogating bankers etc. Give me a break.

Bankers don't need to speak English properly.
To quote Elvis Costello:
"Money talks, and it's persuasive"

Permabear · 15-11-2012 8:06pm

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DEFTLEFTHAND · 15-11-2012 8:08pm

later12 wrote: »

Whether or not they can speak Irish is irrelevant to their competence in legislating.

It's far more important that Judges be fluent in Irish in the Gaeltacht districts and (more importantly) in the High Court and Supreme Court, given that the Irish version of the constitution takes precedence over the English version.

And also given the hash DeValera made of the bilingual constitution, which wasn't so much translated as written twice.

Does anyone know if there is an investigation into or an assessment of a judge's/ counsel's competence in Irish prior to his or her appointment to a higher court?

I know in the District Courts that state interpreters (at great expense) are used if somebody insists on having their hearing in Irish. I'm not certain but I think that this is how it works further up the system as well. In regards to counsel, Both Kings Inns and Blackhall Place have Irish exams, but you can easily pass with a basic grasp of the language.

CillianL · 15-11-2012 8:12pm

We should make Dublin Zoo and Fota Wildlife Park into seperate constituencies, I'm sure the Gibbons or the Orangutans could be taught how to bull**** in sign language or sit on a back bench all day and vote for the government on everything saving us a ****ing fortune on everything besides bananas

15-11-2012 8:13pm

Permabear wrote: »

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Then why the fukc do they insist on doing it, particular on 'grand' occasions, when they know full well that the vast majority of people in this country haven't a bull's notion what thay're on about?

Perhaps it's the doubleplusgood bullsh*t factor, belt AND braces, if you will.