D'admhaigh an tAire Stáit don Dáil nuair a pléadh an cheist seo cúpla seachtain ó shin nach raibh aon fhreagracht ar an Rialtas as rudaí a scríobhann cathaoirleach Bhord na Gaeilge ina ghairm phroifisiúnta, ach, ag an am céanna, os rud é go bhfuil sé ainmnithe don phost seo ar Bhord na Gaeilge ag an Rialtas, agus go bhfuil sé seo ag dul go díreach in aghaidh pholasaí an Rialtais, ba cheart duit iarraidh air éirí as a phost mar chathaoirleach ar Bhord na Gaeilge.
There is a clear conflict between the chairman of a State-appointed body and Government policy on a matter of life and death. Does the Minister of State not agree therefore that in a case like this, as Deputy Gilmore has said, the man should be asked, without further ado, to resign from office, as happened in the case of Judge Rory O'Hanlon?