Clare Daly (Dublin Fingal, Independent) | Oireachtas source

I recognise the Chairman has not taken the decision lightly and I recognise it is a serious and probably unprecedented decision. The Chairman is absolutely right as we have ratified the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, UNCRPD, and that comes with a cost. If we are to ratify it in a meaningful way, we will have to take steps that are meaningful. What we are seeing is becoming a bit of a trend and we saw it with the recognition of Irish Sign Language, ISL, and now the deaf community is in jeopardy because of finances. The very mechanism to exercise its access to ISL is being taken away. I appreciate the Chairman's stance on this.