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2025-01-20
Politician(s) lobbied: Hildegarde Naughton (Minister of State), Department of Education
Intent: Publication of educational outcomes for Deaf and Hard of Hearing children to establish the extent to which they achieve educational outcomes on a par with hearing peers of similar ability.
Methods: Meeting
Details & Methods:
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| — | Educational outcomes for Deaf and Hard of Hearing children |
2025-01-20
Politician(s) lobbied: Simon Harris (An Taoiseach), Department of the Taoiseach; Micheál Martin (Tánaiste and Minister), Department of Foreign Affairs; Darragh O'Brien (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Jack Chambers (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Norma Foley (Minister), Department of Education; James Browne (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; James Browne (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Mary Butler (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Paschal Donohoe (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Helen McEntee (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Jennifer Carroll MacNeill (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Martin Heydon (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; John Paul O'Shea (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; John Cummins (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Sorca Clarke (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Ivana Bacik (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas
Intent: Deaf students to be able to complete an examination in Irish Sign Language in the Leaving Certificate under the State Examination Commission's policy re EU non-curricular languages.
Methods: Meeting, Email
Details & Methods:
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| — | Seeking the inclusion of Irish Sign Language as an examination subject in the Leaving Certificate examinations. |
2024-09-04
Politician(s) lobbied: Hildegarde Naughton (Minister of State), Department of Education
Intent: Many foreign students can complete an exam in their native language in the Leaving Certificate, e.g. Russian, Greek, Latvian, Chinese etc. However, even though ISL is a recognised language in Ireland, Deaf students cannot complete an exam in their first language, hindering their chances for increasing their points total and accessing college etc.
Methods: Meeting
Details & Methods:
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| — | Seeking the right for Deaf students whose first language is Irish Sign Language (ISL) to be able to complete an ISL exam in their Leaving Certificate |
2024-09-04
Politician(s) lobbied: Sorca Clarke (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Paul Kehoe (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Hildegarde Naughton (Minister of State), Department of Education
Intent: WE are seeking the publication of educational outcomes for Deaf and Hard of Hearing children to determine if they are achieving educational outcomes on a par with hearing peers of similar ability in line with stated Department of Education and NCSE policy.
Methods: Meeting, Email
Details & Methods:
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| — | Educational outcomes for Deaf and Hard of Hearing children |
2024-09-04
Politician(s) lobbied: Susan Mitchell (Special Adviser), Department of Health; Stephen Donnelly (Minister), Department of Health
Intent: The delivery of a National Hearing Care Plan to improve the care pathway for people with hearing loss in receiving appropriate intervention. In particular we want to see an increase in the number of people accessing hearing aids, improved governance and oversight for those purchasing audiology services in the private sector, and an end to the unacceptable and lengthy HSE waiting lists for medical card holders.
Methods: Email, Text messages and phone calls seeking further meetings and updates re the establishment of a working group to deliver a national hearing care plan.
Details & Methods:
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| — | Development of public health programme to manage the high level of unaddressed hearing loss in Ireland and to consider the recommendations of a WHO report on ear and hearing care published in March 2021. |
2024-05-17
Politician(s) lobbied: Noel Byrne (Special Adviser), Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth
Intent: FM systems are provided to Deaf and Hard of Hearing children who use hearing aids or cochlear implants in schools and pre-schools. It involves the teacher using a remote microphone that is remotely connected to the child's hearing aids/implants. This improves speech clarity and enhances language acquisition and learning. Evidence has demonstrated that the provision of these systems to families with young D/HH children will greatly enhance language acquisition and general development.
Methods: Virtual Meeting
Details & Methods:
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| — | To provide personal FM systems to young Deaf and Hard of Hearing children from age 6 months to 3 years |
| — | where appropriate. |
2024-05-17
Politician(s) lobbied: Aodhán Ó Ríordáin (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Hildegarde Naughton (Minister of State), Department of Education
Intent: Introduction of Irish Sign Language (ISL) as an examination subject in state examinations for the benefit of those Deaf and Hard of Hearing students who use ISL.
Methods: Meeting, Letter
Details & Methods:
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| — | Seeking the inclusion of Irish Sign Language as an examination subject in Ordinary and Higher Junior and Leaving Certificate examinations. |
2024-05-17
Politician(s) lobbied: Susan Mitchell (Special Adviser), Department of Health; Seán Crowe (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Bernard Durkan (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Colm Brophy (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Cathal Crowe (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; David Cullinane (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Neasa Hourigan (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Gino Kenny (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; John Lahart (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Róisín Shorthall (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas; Frances Black (Senator), Seanad; Lorraine Clifford-Lee (Senator), Seanad; Martin Conway (Senator), Seanad; Annie Hoey (Senator), Seanad; Seán Kyne (Senator), Seanad
Intent: Improved management of hearing loss across the population.
Methods: Email, Submission, Phone call
Details & Methods:
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| — | Development of public health programme to manage the high level of unaddressed hearing loss in Ireland and to consider the recommendations of a WHO report on ear and hearing care published in March 2021. |
2024-01-03
Politician(s) lobbied: Aodhán Ó Ríordáin (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas
Intent: Irish Sign Language to be included in Junior and Leaving Certificate examinations to add to the current 17 other languages currently available.
Methods: Email
Details & Methods:
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| — | Seeking the inclusion of Irish Sign Language as an examination subject in Ordinary and Higher Junior and Leaving Certificate examinations. |
2024-01-03
Politician(s) lobbied: Paul Kehoe (TD), Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas
Intent: The NCSE state that Deaf children should achieve educational outcomes on a par with hearing peers of similar ability. However, neither the NCSE nor the Department of Education publish any data on educational outcomes for these children. Chime is campaigning for the NCSE to publish data such as results of standardised tests completed in primary schools.
Methods: Email
Details & Methods:
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| — | Publication of Educational outcomes for Deaf and Hard of Hearing children |
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