Little by little

Sir, – Well done to the Minister of State for Gaeltacht Affairs, Joe McHugh, for telling the Seachtain na Gaeilge gathering: “Tá mé ag dul ar ais ar scoil” (News, August 13th). Somehow it reminds me of those “An bhfuil cead agam dul go dtí­ an leithreas?” moments in high babies when I was seven years old. – Is mise,

PATRICK O’BYRNE,

Shandon Crescent,

Phibsborough,

Dublin 7