Translation and finding matching terms in Irish is a very highly skilled occupation, and we should avoid direct translation. There is a need to develop terminology, and that will become a very important function of the North-South Irish language body. We will have to have a focus for the d chas, and then, having created terms, we must disseminate them, which has been a problem. The big change for those who use Irish everyday has been the me in chumars ide l idir b alGhaeilge in Raidio na Gaeltachta. That station has introduced new words into common usage as they are introduced in English by using them in news and official reports every day.
Cohesion is a big European word for all sorts of things that have nothing to do with cohesion.
We got it through the meain cumarsaide, and we need vibrant meain cumarsaide in Irish to make sure that new terminology is disseminated widely. We are moving in that direction, but I hope we do so in a way that does not lose the rich duchas of the language. There are people who think that Irish has some difficulty with the modern world, though I do not include Deputies Kenny and O'Shea among them. I often hear native speakers in my constituency describe things in Irish that are indescribable in English. There is no particular lack in Irish as a language.