Seán Sherlock (Cork East, Labour) | Oireachtas source

The point was well made by Deputy Dara Calleary. This Bill will be translated into Irish as per the Official Languages Act 2003. However, we have to be practical and pragmatic. We know there are not enough translators within the system to deal with both Irish and European Union parliamentary business. The Bill will be published in Irish at some stage. We uphold the rights of those whose first language is Irish to have equal access to this legislation.

They will have equal access to this Bill in their native tongue. However, we must be practical and apply a common-sense approach to how we deal with this issue. I ask the Deputy to give us some leeway.