Mr. Peter Finnegan:

I have not seen the report but the figures do not surprise me. As the Deputy will know, we have tried to promote the use of Irish around the Houses and we adopted an Irish language strategy a year ago, which we have been implementing. On our own organisation, bilingual staff in Rannóg an Aistriúcháin provide a translation service, bilingual staff work in the Debates Office, and Irish language skills are required in individual areas such as the committees-----