Clare Daly (United Left Alliance)
candidate Dáil election

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Dublin North ,
1^st preference votes: 7.513, 15,2%, elected

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We totally support full and equal rights for the LGBT community in terms of gay marriage and all other issues. There should be no grounds for discrimination based on sexual orientation. (...)

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Issue education

12.02.2011

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Ní

A Chlár, 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?

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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?

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recommendation

13.02.2011

, a chara,

Go raibh mile maith agut ar an email. We believe that Irish should be preserved and developed. There is no doubt that the rise of gaelscoilanna and the numbers of older people studying Irish indicates a real desire on behalf of ordinary people to maintain a key part of our identity and culture. That said it is also true that simply making the subject comulsory in the schools and having an Irish radio and TV station is not enough. There needs to be a radical overhaul of how Irish in taught in order to try and make the language more usable and relevant. Until a better system is in place then the present situation in the schools should be maintained. However a change is urgently necessary and should be devised by a cross section of parents, young people, teachers, and involve people from other cultures who have fought to maintain their native tongue in a country predominated by a different language.

Slan,
Clare Daly

Issue democracy and civil rights

22.02.2011

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Hi Clare,

I would like to know if you support the LGBT community and our fight for gay marriage, as opposed to the second rate civil union bill which the current government believe we should be happy with.

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22.02.2011

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We totally support full and equal rights for the LGBT community in terms of gay marriage and all other issues. There should be no grounds for discrimination based on sexual orientation.

Clare Daly

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