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Wed 10 Oct 2007DUP in éadan acht teanga sa TuaisceartTuarascáil:Ní bheidh Acht Gaeilge ar bith do Thuaisceart Éireann. Ag caint i mBéarla i dTionól Thuaisceart Éireann maidin inné, dúirt an tAire Cultúir, Ealaíon agus Fóillíocha, Edwin Poots (DUP), go raibh amhras air gurbh í reachtaíocht an bealach ab fhearr le forbairt na Gaeilge a chur chun cinn: "...I remain unpersuaded that there is a compelling case for bringing forward Irish-language legislation at this time."Dúirt sé go bhfuair sé 11,000 freagra scríofa ar phróiseas comhairliúcháin i leith an achta. Bhí 65 faoin gcéad (7,500) acu sin i bhfábhar "some form of legislation" agus bhí 35 faoin gcéad (4,129) ina éadan sin: "It is my assessment that the proposal to introduce Irish language legislation at this time is unlikely to command the necessary support in the Assembly on the grounds of being incapable of securing sufficient consensus."