Ms Lianne Quigley:

The Irish Deaf Society was originally set up to be led by deaf people for the deaf community because up until that point, they had been oppressed. It was time for the deaf community to come together and stand up for themselves in developing policies and advising policy makers. The biggest aim of the IDS was for ISL recognition and ISL access, to put ISL as the focus in legislation for accessibility for the deaf community because up until that point it was a continuous language barrier for us. The Irish Deaf Society is deaf led for the deaf community in Ireland.

We have national council members around Ireland, and we are also members of the European Union of the Deaf and the World Federation of the Deaf.