Submissions

The ITIA has a long history of making submissions to the relevant authorities highlighting the need for standards in the provision of interpreters in legal, medical and international protection settings.

• ITIA letter to European Commissioner for Justice (2021)
• ITIA submission for the Review of the Child Care Act 1991 (2020)
• ITIA submission to Department of Justice (2020)
• ITIA submission to TUSLA Child and Family Agency (2020)
• ITIA/CISLI/AIIC-UKI Joint letter to An Taoiseach re. Covid-19 payment (2020)
• ITIA submission to the office of Government procurement in response to their request for information on the provision of interpretation and translation services (2019)
• ITIA submission to the working group to report to Government on improvements to the protection process, including Direct Provision and supports to asylum seekers (2015)

• ITIA submission to the Department of Education and Skills Foreign Language Consultation process (2014)

• ITIA submission on the Transposition into Irish Law of Directive 2010/64/EU on the Right to Interpretation and Translation in Criminal Proceedings (2014)

• ITIA submission to the Courts Service on the new Tender for Interpreting and related issues (2011)

• ITIA submission to the Joint Committee on Justice, Equality, Defence and Women’s Rights concerning the proposed EU directive on the right to interpretation and to translation in criminal proceedings (2010)

• ITIA submission to the Law Reform Commission on the Consultation Paper on Expert Evidence (2009)

• ITIA submission to the Irish Pharmaceutical Society (2009)

• ITIA submission to the End-of-Life Forum Irish Hospice Foundation (2009)

• ITIA submission on the Courts Service Statement for Strategy 2008-2011 (2008)

• ITIA submission on the Garda Síochána Policing Plan 2008 (2008)

• ITIA submission to Joint Committee on Justice, Equality, Defence and Women’s Rights (2008)

• ITIA submission to the Medical Council in response for public consultation on the review of A Guide to Ethical Conduct and Behaviour (2007)

• ITIA submission on the Garda Síochána Corporate Strategy 2007-2009 (2006)

• ITIA submission to the Public Consultation on Mental Health Services (2003)

• ITIA submission on Procedural Safeguards for Suspects and Defendants in Criminal Proceedings throughout the European Union (2003)

• ITIA submission to the Working Group on the Jurisdiction of the Courts (2002)