CISLI had a highly successful catch-up with interpreters outside Dublin over the weekend, where interpreters based ‘beyond the Pale’ came together to receive updates on national interpreting affairs, as well as sharing concerns and patterns for local interpreters.
To see a Report about the meeting, please click here.
Several key themes emerged from discussions, including
- the ‘Dublin-centricity’ of many of the bodies driving reform in ISL interpreting, and the resultant need to emphasise the national aspects of current State interpreting policy
- the benefits, as well as the many disadvantages, that remote interpreting provision has brought to the profession, and the need to research same
- difficulties in ensuring Deaf patients are told who their interpreter will be
- instead of just pushing for more and more self-employed interpreters to cluster around the Dublin area, there is a need for a ‘mixed provision’ approach (combining self-employed freelancers, employed and contracted staff interpreters, and remote interpreters) as a key component to successfully deal with issues of interpreting supply and demand
Stay tuned for a full Report on the General Meeting!
Council of Irish Sign Language Interpreters 