Fiona O'Loughlin (Kildare South, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

Is mór an díoma atá orm mar gheall ar sin freisin. We had a brief discussion about this prior to the meeting when we were in private session. This is very regrettable and it should not happen again. People who wish to make a submission before any of the committees in our native language should have the opportunity to do so. I understand there is only one committee room where it is possible to have a translation facility and it had been prebooked by the Joint Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs. We should make sure this does not happen again in the future. We have to afford people that opportunity. I ask the clerk and the assistant clerk to make sure that will not happen again.