Michael Moynihan (Cork North West, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I thank our guests from the society for their contributions. We have some homework to do on foot of this meeting. We must pursue the Department in a vigorous way. Our guests spoke about engagement in a really serious way. As Deputy Leddin said, we will discuss it at our private meeting and Deputy Ellis agrees. We will pursue it and report back to the society. I sincerely thank the representatives for coming in and giving their evidence, which is helpful to us as we try to do what we can for people who are deaf and hard of hearing. I reiterate that during the course of the meeting I felt disappointed in myself at having not learned the language at a young age as I watched our guests and saw the speed and skill they have. We will take up the matter of engagement. If there are any other issues our guests think we should be dealing with they should not hesitate to contact us and we will try to help in any way we can. I sincerely thank the society representatives for coming. I thank our members also, as well as our team for the background work they do.