Terence Flanagan (Fine Gael)

candidate Dáil election

A chara,

Cén chaoi ina bhfuil tú? Tá mise i mo chonaí sa dáilcheantar ina bhfuil tusa ag seasamh. Is duine óg mé, is vóta mé agus is Gaeilgeoir brodúil mé. Táimse an-buartha faoin bpolasaí atá ar bun ag Fine Gael maidir leis an nGaeilge sa chúrsa Ardteiste. Tá Enda Kenny ag iarraidh fáil réidh leis an nGaeilge mar abhár éigeantach mar cheapann sé go réiteóidh é seo fadhb na Gaeilge sa chóras oideachais. Ach i ndáiríre, is polasaí leisciúil, sotalach atá ann a chaitheann anuas ar ár teanga agus ar Ghaeilgeoirí na tíre. Ní bhaineann an fhadhb leis an riachtanachas, baineann an fhadhb leis an gcaoi ina múintear an teanga agus leis an gcuraclam. Níl ciall ar bith sa pholasaí seo, ní dhéanfaidh sé ach dochar do-chúlaithe dár dteanga.

Má thoghtar thú, an dtacóidh tú leis an nGaeilge a choinneáil mar chroí-abhár don Ardteist?

Is mise,




A chara,

I live in your constituency. I am a young person, I am proud Irish speaker and I am a vote. I am, along with many others, very concerned about Fine Gael´s policy regarding Irish in the Leaving Certificate syllablus. Enda Kenny has released his plans to remove Irish as a compulsory subject from the Leaving Cert, a plan which he seems to think will solve the Irish language problem in the education system. But in all seriousness, when the policy is considered properly, it is a hugely arrogant concept that insults our language and its speakers. The problem lies not with the fact that Irish is a compulsory subject but in its teaching and curriculum. This policy makes absolutley no sense and if implemented, will do irreversable damage to our language.

If you are elected, will you support keeping Irish as a core Leaving Certificate subject?

Is mise,

Hello Terence,

what is your attitude to Dublin Bus indicating that it is to stop the 27X service? If Dublin Bus does this would you support a private bus company being allowed take over this service?

I feel that the drug war is failing and that radical alternatives need to be considered including decriminalisation. I feel that drugs and drug related harm should be considered as health issues rather than criminal issues.

What steps would you take to reduce drug related problems, both for individuals who use drugs and for society as a whole in terms of crime etc?

You will get a vote but how high up the list depends on your answers to the following. I would like direct short answer, waffle will move you down the list.

My long winded questions are:

• What is your view on consultants working in both private and public medicine simultaneously?
  
• Where do you stand on the C case (the lady with cancer who had to travel to England to terminate a pregnancy?.
  
• Where do you stand on gay marriage?
  
• How many TDs do you think we should have in the Dail?
  

Regards

Terence,

I am a public servant and am very concerned about having my pay cut again and the 30,000 "voluntary redundancies" proposed by FG. I have no doubt you will find it impossible to get 30,000 voluntary redundancies. If you can´t get voluntary redundancies, would you then resort to compulsory redundancies?

Do you support the Croke Park agreement and what will FG do to protect the already diminished pay of public servants, would you cut it again?

Finally, where do FG stand on the whole issue of our natural resources being more or less given away to Shell? As Ray Burke & Bertie Ahern were involved in this deal, surely that alone is enough to warrant further investigation. With oil currently at $100 a barrel, there is a loss of €715 billion to the Irish exchequer.

Regards,