The Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration, and Youth (DCEDIY) has published the NDA’s Report on the Operation of the Irish Sign Language Act 2017 in January 2023. The report is dated December 2021. There were some delays in publishing the report.
The written report consists of four documents:
- Executive Summary
- Report on the Operation of the ISL Act 2017 (December 2021)
- Technical Annex 1: Public consultation
- Technical Annex 2: Public body survey
The report has also been produced in a series of Irish Sign Language videos.
Number 0 is the Executive Summary, which summarises the key content and recommendations of the report and this is featured immediately below. The longer main report is contained in the video files numbered 1 to 16 which follow further down the page.
For queries about this project, please contact isl@nda.ie
0. Report on the Operation of the Irish Sign Language Act 2017: Video 0: Executive Summary
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The written report documents including Irish language, Plain English and Easy-to-Read versions can be downloaded individually below in Word format. PDF versions are available on the gov.ie website.
Report on the Operation of the Irish Sign Language Act 2017: Executive Summary
Word (December 2021)
DOCX
103.521 KB
Report on the Operation of the Irish Sign Language Act 2017: Full Report
Word (December 2021)
DOCX
152.361 KB
Report on the Operation of the Irish Sign Language Act 2017: Technical Annex 1: Public Consultation
Word (December 2021)
DOCX
275.126 KB
Report on the Operation of the Irish Sign Language Act 2017: Technical Annex 2: Public Body Survey
Word (December 2021)
DOCX
1.162 MB
Tuarascáil ar oibriú an Achta um Theanga Chomharthaíochta na hÉireann, 2017
Word (December 2021)
DOCX
153.732 KB
Report on the Operation of the Irish Sign Language Act 2017: Executive Summary - Plain English
Word (December 2021)
DOCX
219.932 KB
Report on the Operation of the Irish Sign Language Act 2017: Executive Summary - Easy to Read
PDF(December 2021)
1.617 MB
ISL Videos: Report on the Operation of the Irish Sign Language Act 2017 (December 2021)
The following videos contain the Irish Sign Language (ISL) translation of the full 'Report on the Operation of the ISL Act 2017 (December 2021)'. The Executive Summary video is presented above.
The names of the video files below begin with a number from 1 to 16. The video number reflects the order that the report is written, and is intended to be viewed in that order. Please note that the numbering of the videos is not connected to the numbered sections of the ISL Act.