Mr. John Sherwin:

In response to Deputy Canney's point on employment, we have started a significant deaf career project with funding from the Dormant Accounts Fund. It became very clear that there was no exact sign for "career". There is one for "job" and that in its own right explains quite a lot. The project is going very well but one UK precedent I would like the committee to focus on is the access to work scheme. In the UK, interpreters are provided for working people for their entire working life. There is a net return to the Exchequer for that expense. It elevates deaf people into management positions in the UK. We would love to see a scheme like that investigated and implemented in Ireland.