Mark Daly (Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I am sorry, but just on what the Minister of State outlined, what he did not address is that there is a broadcasting element in this. This will show how cynical this is. What we are introducing in the broadcasting element of this Bill is less than what is required of the broadcasting authorities and yet the Government wants it taken out. Why? If we are asking for less, why does it want to do that? It is because it has no intention of meeting the targets. The formal recognition of Irish Sign Language, which is in this Bill, which was ruled out of order by the Chair even though it is the exact same wording as the Government had proposed in its amendments, which were circulated to this House yesterday, and the amendments were never submitted because if we had all voted in favour of those amendments, Irish Sign Language would have been formally recognised.Why did they do that after ten months of negotiations?