Mr. Peter Finnegan:

Absolutely, it was hugely embarrassing. I encountered the group myself in the corridor outside the Members' restaurant. The lift there had failed to work and people were stranded. It was absolutely mortifying. I did everything I could to alleviate the difficulty at that particular time. I engaged with the group. I have continued to engage with the group and I had the group back in just before the summer recess. We had 26 people from Tipperary. We had lunch and we brought the group to the Public Gallery in the Dáil. It was a way more successful visit. When I engaged with them, one thing I wanted to do was to have them back so that they got a better experience of Leinster House. I have engaged with the group also then in terms of using their expertise and pushing us, as an institution, to get things done. We have made progress. I have communicated back to the group. We have a new wheelchair-accessible toilet. We talked earlier about the universal access project, which was approved on Tuesday by the commission. There is now work in the bar corridor. The facilities unit is procuring services to improve markings and visual indicators. We are looking at a new accessible toilet in LH 2000. We have installed induction loop systems in Members' areas as well as the Dáil and Seanad Chambers and all the committee systems. Further installations are planned in the reception areas, the public Galleries of the committee rooms and the Dáil and Seanad public Galleries. We have also done an audit of emergency evacuation chairs. We have done improvements in tactile, Braille and sign language. We have also had a disability audit. Mr. Lawler is leading the implementation team to implement the recommendations of that audit. I am absolutely determined that Leinster House is an environment where everybody can come and experience all of the good things that are in Leinster House.