Mr. Drew Harris:

On the initial point made by the Chairman about people who want to use Irish outside of the Gaeltacht, I will go back to what we are doing there by way of a translation service which is available to all members via telephone. Without wishing to create any confusion, we have 240 members with competence but we have 80 members who have said that they are ready and able to assist in operational scenarios as well. That is known on our intranet, and their services are available.

On resources, we are a growing organisation and our budget grows commensurately with that. The situation in Letterkenny illustrates that if one pump-primes some money, ourselves and other State bodies can act accordingly and do small works, in money terms, which have a big impact in the service that we provide. We are very interested in seeing what success we will have with other agencies in Letterkenny in providing our service through the Irish language. That is interesting in itself.

I cannot say that I can put my hand on the 1925 commission report, but we can certainly have a look for it. I understand that it is quoted in some of the documents. They set a target and I appreciate that a target concentrates minds. We want to concentrate our minds on this. Overall, we do not want to find ourselves in these precise circumstances. I have no objection whatsoever in coming back to explain what we have done in the interim, as I am sure the committee will understand. We want to be coming back with a better news story - number one on recruitment; number two on training; and number three on the overall picture, not just the placement of individuals in the Gaeltacht but the overall service we are providing in the medium of the Irish language.