Dr. Fergal Lynch:

We know at the moment that we have six people within the Department who have fluent Irish. A number of others have a reasonable level of comprehension, either written or oral. On the basis of the service we provide and our interaction with the public at the moment, and I stress that I am referring to the case at the moment, we have no indication that we require a large number of additional people who speak Irish to do the work of the Department. I stress that I am referring to the work of the Department which, after all, is not providing a substantial service directly to the public. I do not know if that answers the Deputy's question. We will of course be recruiting some people next year. There will be a natural turnover of people.