Row over interpreter for deaf people in Dáil
The request for an interpreter on the floor of the house was made by Fianna Fáil Senator, Mark Daly. But the Ceann Comhairle’s office said it would not be physically possible and that the interpreter should sign from the public gallery.
Senator Daly said this refusal was akin to “closing off the Dáil to people in wheelchairs”. An interpreter will be available for representatives of the Irish Deaf Society at the Seanad.
