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Figure 3.10. Total number of interpreters used by Irish Sign Link bygeographic distribution and skill levelTotal number of interpreters2826242220181614121086420Dublin Galway Limerick Kerry Sligo Laois Waterford Carlow Wicklow Louth Offaly CorkRegisteredQualifiedRegisteredTraineeAwaitingRegistrationRelayInterpreterNot RegisteredSource: Information provided by Irish Sign Link, August 2005The above graph illustrates that there is an uneven geographic spread in relationto interpreter skill levels, as well as interpreter numbers. It appears that onlyDublin, Galway and Kerry have registered qualified interpreters based in the area.This has implications for Deaf people given that Registered Qualified Interpretersare the only class of interpreter deemed appropriately skilled to work in medicaland legal areas. There are also no Registered Trainees in many areas, which againwill have implications for Deaf people in relation to accessing registeredinterpreters when necessary.3.6.1 Accreditation and registration of Irish Sign Language/EnglishInterpretersAt present there is no formal accreditation and registration system for ISL/Englishinterpreters in Ireland. This issue is a major bottleneck in the system.There have been two rounds of accreditation for sign language interpreters in thepast, both of which were conducted by Irish Sign Link - one took place in 1998and the second took place in late 2000. Both of the accreditation processes thattook place were structured on two skill levels:• Interpreters who passed level one accreditation became Registered Trainees• Interpreters who passed level two became Registered Qualified Interpreters.Any new interpreters who have come on stream since the last accreditationprocess (for example, graduates from the Centre for Deaf Studies at TrinityCollege) are referred to as those Awaiting Registration.Of the 44 interpreters used by Irish Sign Link, 14 have been accredited, 24 areawaiting accreditation and 3 are not accredited (the remaining 3 are relayinterpreters who are considered by Irish Sign Link as not requiring accreditation,given that Irish Sign Language is their first language).page 54 • Review of Sign Language Interpretation Services and Service Requirements in Ireland
The Board of Irish Sign Link appointed an accreditation sub-committee in 2004. Ithas been given the task of developing an accreditation system to ensure theinterpreters it supplies to clients are professional and competent, and to maintain aquality service.It is envisaged that the sub-committee will establish an accreditation panel for theexamination of ISL/English interpreters and approve and administer membershipof the register for ISL/English interpreters. It will also be responsible forestablishing minimum standards for accreditation. Irish Sign Link aims to have anaccreditation system approved and implemented in 2006.3.6.2 Education and training of ISL/English interpretersThe Centre for Deaf Studies at Trinity College Dublin was established in 2001,following lobbying by the Irish Deaf Society and the Centre for Language andCommunication Studies (CLCS), TCD. The Higher Education Authority (HEA)awarded ring-fenced funding for a five-year start up programme of activities.Prior to the establishment of the Centre for Deaf Studies, ISL/English interpretersreceived their training through interpreter studies courses, which wereadministered by University College Cork and the Centre for Deaf Studies inBristol.The Centre for Deaf Studies, at Trinity College Dublin, provides training for IrishSign Language tutors and Irish Sign Language/English interpreters, generaltraining in the field of Deaf Studies, and linguistic research focusing on describingIrish Sign Language.The Centre for Deaf Studies is the only centre associated with a university inIreland which offers diploma courses in Irish Sign Language. It currently offersthree main training courses:• Diploma in Irish Sign Language/English Interpreting}(Both two-year full-time• Diploma in Irish Sign Language Teachingundergraduate courses)• Diploma in Deaf Studies (typically taken on a full-time basis, though qualifiedapplicants may apply to take the Diploma on a part-time basis)The Centre for Deaf Studies also offers a selection of evening courses such as:• Irish Sign Language (ISL) for Beginners• Post-Beginners Course in Irish Sign Language• Intermediate Irish Sign Language• An Introduction to Deaf Studies• An Introduction to Irish Sign Language (10 Week Course)The Centre's primary role as a teaching institute involves training native/near-nativeIrish Sign Language users as teachers of ISL, training Irish Sign Language/Englishinterpreters and broad-based teaching in the area of Deaf Studies. In terms ofresearch, the focus to date has been primarily linguistic in nature.When the Centre for Deaf Studies was established, the number of admissions wasset at an upper limit of 45 across all three diploma programmes (i.e. a maximum of15 students per programme).Review of Sign Language Interpretation Services and Service Requirements in Ireland • page 55
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RESEARCH SERIESSEPTEMBER 2006Review
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Page 32 and 33: 3 Overview of CurrentSign LanguageI
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Page 36 and 37: 3.2 POLICY AND LEGISLATION3.2.1 Int
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Page 40 and 41: According to the Education Act 1998
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Page 76 and 77: 4.9.3 What is neededFunding is need
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Pressure for the registration and r
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Proposal (which has been agreed wit
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• In most of the countries includ
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Table 5.6. Overview of key strength
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6 Summary ofKey Findings6.1 INTRODU
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6.3 KEY AREAS FOR IMPROVEMENT IN TH
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7 Recommended FutureModel for Deliv
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7.2 RECOMMENDED FUTURE SLI SERVICE
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Table 7.2. Key areas for improvemen
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7.3.2 Comhairle - oversight of SLI
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There are substantial risks associa
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Requirements:• Excellent project
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7.3.9 ComplaintsThe Irish Sign Lang
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number of Deaf clubs. The videophon
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7.6 OTHER RECOMMENDATIONS TO SUPPOR
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Accreditation should be linked to t
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videophone technology, piloted in t
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It is assumed that the rollout of t
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Appendix 1: Bibliographyand Referen
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www.bris.ac.uk/deaf - Bristol Centr
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