Seanad debates

Wednesday, 19 October 2016

Recognition of Irish Sign Language for the Deaf Community Bill 2016: Second Stage

 

10:30 am

Photo of Mark DalyMark Daly (Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

They can do it in the Seanad. We were told that members of the deaf community could go to the audio-visual room, away from the Parliament, and that interpreters would be accommodated there for them. Nothing screams inequality as much as the fact that one cannot go to one's own Parliament to understand what is going on. After I leaked this to the newspapers - it is no secret that I do that from time to time-----

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