Ms Anna Levin:

I know the Deputy did not ask specific questions but I would just like to thank him on behalf of LightAware. We spoke about Ms Dennehy's case but it is not just her. There are many people in Ireland and all over the world dealing with this issue and it is important that we broaden this. Ms Dennehy has been very brave in coming here and speaking today. There are big accessibility issues with coming here. I have just received an email from someone dealing with the European Parliament and it has acknowledged this issue and spoke about lessons learned. It is also very important from the disability and accessibility angle to realise that not everybody can do screens. In this current Covid environment, people are even more disabled by not being ale to participate on Zoom and Teams. Ms Dennehy has a friend helping her today but someone who did not have a friend to help could not do that.

It is an accessibility issue for the committee to be aware of in that this LED technology is also our means of communication and that is what people are cut off from. I am grateful for this opportunity to share these stories and to Deputy Canney for acknowledging what has been going on.