Mark Daly (Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I thank the Minister for outlining many of the issues relating to this matter. As Senator Craughwell noted, we, as Senators, would not be able to do our jobs without our SAs. Grace Coyle in my office has been involved in drafting legislation and in negotiating with Ministers and special advisers to make sure the work we wanted done in relation to policy and the Irish Sign Language Act got done. It is a misnomer to describe someone as a secretarial assistant in this day and age because the job has evolved so much.