Some of the statements made during the day's proceedings in the House.
A daft statement.
- Mr Brian O'Shea (Labour) on the claim by the Minister for Gaeltacht Affairs, Mr Ó Cuív, that a complaint about the national anthem being sung in English showed that the vast majority of the population had a positive attitude to the Irish language.
I will not waste significant sums of money carrying out qualitative research to debunk a wild statement made in a newspaper about lack of support for the Irish language.
- Mr Ó Cuív.
We are getting a little bit of "looking into our hearts and seeing what the Irish people want".
- Mr O'Shea.
I understand there are people who want to look after the better-off.
- The Taoiseach, Mr Ahern, on class sizes.
You should understand it, Taoiseach. They are very close to you.
- The Labour leader, Mr Pat Rabbitte.