Mr. Daithí Ó Caigne:

If the policy that over a particular period we are to increase the cadre of functional Irish speakers in the Civil Service to 20% becomes law, we will adjust all of our recruitment processes to achieve it. However, recruitment processes meet demand. We do not determine demand. The Public Appointments Service meets demand. For us to be able to do that, it is crucial that individual Departments and offices identify their requirement in their workforce plans. If their requirement needs to be a percentage of particular grades or whatever the case may be to comply with what might become law, we will adjust our recruitment processes to do that. To go back to the earlier point-----