79. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform to provide an update on the implementation of the Irish Sign Language Act 2017 (ISL) within his Department and its associated public bodies, including details of any ISL strategies that have been developed; and if no ISL strategy has been developed to date, the details of plans his Department has to addr…
Topics / Irish Sign Language
A subject heading for parliamentary questionsIrish Sign Language
47 questions from 12 TDs, between 1 April 2025 and 30 September 2026.
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91. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment to provide an update on the implementation of the Irish Sign Language Act 2017 (ISL) within his Department and its associated public bodies, including details of any ISL strategies that have been developed; and if no ISL strategy has been developed to date, the details of plans his Department has to address this gap in the near future. …
119. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Education to provide an update on the implementation of the Irish Sign Language Act 2017 (ISL) within her Department and its associated public bodies, including details of any ISL strategies that have been developed; and if no ISL strategy has been developed to date, the details of plans her Department has to address this gap in the near future. [17971/25]
143. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media to provide an update on the implementation of the Irish Sign Language Act 2017 (ISL) within his Department and its associated public bodies, including details of any ISL strategies that have been developed; and if no ISL strategy has been developed to date, the details of plans his Department has to address this gap i…
159. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide an update on the implementation of the Irish Sign Language Act 2017 (ISL) within his Department and its associated public bodies, including details of any ISL strategies that have been developed; and if no ISL strategy has been developed to date, the details of plans his Department has to address this gap in the near f…
166. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Social Protection the current status of the complaints mechanism and code of conduct for Irish Sign Language interpreters under the Register of Irish Sign Language Interpreters (RISLI), in light of reports that RISLI does not have the legal authority to receive complaints or enforce a code of conduct; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17792/25]
167. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Social Protection the role his Department and the Citizens Information Board played in the development, oversight, and approval of the Register of Irish Sign Language Interpreters (RISLI) policies, including its complaints procedure and code of conduct; the reason the legal limitations of RISLI’s authority were not addressed earlier in the process; and if he will make a …
168. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Social Protection if he will apologise to the deaf community for the failure to deliver the promised complaints mechanism and standards enforcement through the Register of Irish Sign Language Interpreters (RISLI), which had been developed over several years with the input of stakeholders, legal experts and public bodies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17…
169. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Social Protection if he will commit to amending the Irish Sign Language Act 2017 to provide a statutory basis for a complaints mechanism and a code of conduct for Irish Sign Language interpreters, as originally envisaged under section 9 of the 2017 Act; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17795/25]
171. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Social Protection to provide an update on the implementation of the Irish Sign Language Act 2017 (ISL) within his Department and its associated public bodies, including details of any ISL strategies that have been developed; and if no ISL strategy has been developed to date, the details of plans his Department has to address this gap in the near future. [17970/25]
198. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Justice to provide an update on the implementation of the Irish Sign Language Act 2017 (ISL) within his Department and its associated public bodies, including details of any ISL strategies that have been developed; and if no ISL strategy has been developed to date, the details of plans his Department has to address this gap in the near future. [17969/25]
219. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to provide an update on the implementation of the Irish Sign Language Act 2017 (ISL) within his Department and its associated public bodies, including details of any ISL strategies that have been developed; and if no ISL strategy has been developed to date, the details of plans his Department has to address this gap in the near future.…
239. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to provide an update on the implementation of the Irish Sign Language Act 2017 (ISL) within her Department and its associated public bodies, including details of any ISL strategies that have been developed; and if no ISL strategy has been developed to date, the details of plans her Department has to address this ga…
281. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health to provide an update on the implementation of the Irish Sign Language Act 2017 (ISL) within her Department and its associated public bodies, including details of any ISL strategies that have been developed; and if no ISL strategy has been developed to date, the details of plans her Department has to address this gap in the near future. [17968/25]
295. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science to provide an update on the implementation of the Irish Sign Language Act 2017 (ISL) within his Department and its associated public bodies, including details of any ISL strategies that have been developed; and if no ISL strategy has been developed to date, the details of plans his Department has to addres…
298. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development to provide an update on the implementation of the Irish Sign Language Act 2017 (ISL) within his Department and its associated public bodies, including details of any ISL strategies that have been developed; and if no ISL strategy has been developed to date, the details of plans his Department has to address this gap in the near future. …
666. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Social Protection whether he intends to amend the Irish Sign Language Act 2017 to ensure a complaints and conduct measure is introduced under section 9 of the 2017 Act; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16706/25]
667. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Social Protection if the register for Irish Sign Language interpreters has the power to investigate complaints made to it, and implement measures, up to and including, suspension from the register; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16707/25]
526. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Social Protection the percentage of social media videos posted on his Department's social media accounts that included closed captioning or subtitling and Irish sign language translations between 1 January 2024 and 31 December 2024. [15740/25]
672. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the percentage of social media videos posted on her Department's social media accounts that included closed captioning or subtitling and Irish sign language translations between 1 January 2024 and 31 December 2024, inclusive. [15742/25]
813. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Health the percentage of social media videos posted on her Department's social media accounts that included closed captioning or subtitling and Irish sign language translations between 1 January 2024 and 31 December 2024, inclusive. [15743/25]
871. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the percentage of social media videos posted on his Department's social media accounts that included closed captioning or subtitling and Irish sign language translations between 1 January 2024 and 31 December 2024, inclusive. [15741/25]