TG4 will play host to an important part of the current General Election campaign next Wednesday\u00a0 (17th<\/sup> Feb) as senior representatives of the four main political parties arrive there to be interviewed in depth and \u2018as Gaeilge\u2019 on its main evening news programme, V\u00f3ta 2016, broadcast 7-8.30pm.<\/p>\n Fine Gael leader and Taoiseach, Enda Kenny<\/strong>,\u00a0 Fianna F\u00e1il leader Miche\u00e1l Martin<\/strong>, Sinn F\u00e9in Finance spokesperson Pearse Doherty<\/strong> and Labour Party Minister of State Aodh\u00e1n \u00d3 Riord\u00e1in <\/strong>will all be quizzed on their party\u2019s track records and election policies and promises by the TG4\u2019s award-winning news anchor Eimear N\u00ed Chonaola <\/strong>and current affairs presenter P\u00e1id\u00ed \u00d3 Lion\u00e1ird <\/strong>\u00a0in one-on-one interviews.<\/p>\n Coming just a week before polling day, the in-depth interviews will combine questions on the election issues that have made national headlines since the start of the campaign – health, taxation, the fiscal space, jobs and crime, with the Fine Gael, Labour, Sinn F\u00e9in and Fianna F\u00e1il representatives all explaining their different stances.\u00a0\u00a0 Issues of special interest to the TG4 audience \u2013 education, Gaeltacht affairs, rural crime, agriculture and current state of the Irish language are also certain to feature in the questioning.<\/p>\n The TG4 extended interviews in Irish as Gaeilge will be broadcast by TG4 with on-screen English subtitles. To facilitate the subtitling process, the interviews will be pre-recorded.\u00a0 An Taoiseach\u2019s interview will be recorded at the Clayton Hotel in Galway at 4pm on the day with the Fianna F\u00e1il leader due in TG4 Headquarters in Baile na hAbhann at 10am for his interview.<\/p>\n