Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin (Cavan-Monaghan, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

It is our intention to conclude our deliberations and have a report ready for presentation by the end of this month. I see no reason that cannot be done. As I explained to Mr. McCann this is the conclusion of this exercise. If this was a first address we could extend it but that is not the case. We are contracting it purposely in order to inject the necessary speed because we want to see a result. We will deliberate on our draft report and have it ready for presentation.

This is a busy committee. We will have our first report on Irish Sign Language debated on the floor of the Dáil tomorrow. Reports are selected from a lottery and ours was drawn from the hat because it was the only one in it. It appears we are the only committee yet to have produced a report in 2016. We intend to stay ahead of the other committees and with a bit of luck - I have never been lucky in lotteries - this report will be on the floor of the Dáil soon. That is, I believe, our shared and collective intent. However, that matter will be discussed later when the committee is in private session.