Seanad debates
Wednesday, 21 June 2017
Recognition of Irish Sign Language for the Deaf Community Bill 2016: Committee Stage
10:30 am
Niall Ó Donnghaile (Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source
A number of us are operating without having the list of proposed amendments. I echo the comments made by Senator Mark Daly. I do not think this House will divide on a party-political basis; it will divide on the basis of those who are for this Bill and those who are opposed to the proposed Government amendments. That is how this House should operate. It would be quite easy to simply dismiss a very informed, comprehensive piece of work by Senator Mark Daly and other stakeholders and organisations representing the deaf community in Ireland, but if what the Senator has alluded to happened in terms of the trajectory and mechanics of how the amendments to this Bill have come about and why Fianna Fáil-----
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