Pádraig O'Sullivan (Cork North Central, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

Earlier, I referred to this meeting being covered through Irish Sign Language, ISL, on Oireachtas TV, which is very welcome. I will cite some of the statistics concerning ISL programming carried by the public broadcaster. To give people an example, in 2019, some 3% of programming on RTÉ 1 and RTÉ 2 was in ISL. This has now increased to 5% in 2023. The RTÉ Junior channel has gone from 2% to 4% and Oireachtas TV from 4% to 6%. There are, therefore, gradual increases here, but we will all agree there is a long road to go in respect of ISL provision by the main broadcaster.

To pose some follow-up questions to Mr. Geary, he referred to DCU providing the course earlier. Has he had any interaction with any other university or higher education authority regarding the provision of a further course of this type? I ask Mr. Geary to give us any details in this regard.