Services in UL available through Irish

The University of Limerick operates primarily through the medium of the English language. However, the University has made significant developments over the period of the first Scheme in its provision of Irish medium and bilingual services. 

 General Services

·        An Irish version of the UL Website is available. All top level pages have been translated to Irish together with a number of other pages eg. Information & Compliance and Acting Secretary -                
         http://www.ul.ie/leathanachbaile.html

·        All policies, procedures and statutes approved by the Governing Authority are available in Irish and are published on the Acting Secretary's website - http://www.ul.ie/actingsecretary

·        The UL Profile document is available bilingually on the Presidents website

·        The UL Conferring Booklet contains all Faculty Headings translated to Irish and also includes a welcome address from the President and Chancellor in Irish and English

·        UL Christmas Cards were produced electronically and bilingually in 2007 and 2008

·        A list of UL Faculty and Staff who are willing to act as spokespeople through the medium of Irish was compiled and issued to the Irish media. /web/WWW/Services/News/UL_Experts/Keywords/G/Gaeilgeoir

·       A number of staff members(listed below) are prepared to interact with customers in Irish on a "meet and great" basis.

Staff Member	Department	Contact Number
Dr. Bernadette Walsh	Director , Student Affairs	061 202971
Ciara Breatnach	Department of History	061 213166
Ciara Considine	Aonad na Gailege	061 234754
Clifford Nolan	Department of Maths	061 202766
Éidin Ní Shé	Department of Politics and Public Administration	061 202581
Máire Ní Ghráda	Rannóg na Gaeilge	061 233463
Orfhlaith Ní Bhriain	IWA Music and Dance	061 202470
Síle de Cleir	Rannóg na Gaeilge	061 202972
Máirtín O'Droma	Department of Electronic and Computer Engineering	061 202364

·        An Irish version of the Campus Map is available on the UL website - http://www.ul.ie/ul-campus/campus-maps/

·        All UL tender notices published on www.etenders.gov.ie are available in Irish

·        Voicemail messages are recorded bilingually in the offices targeted in the 2006-2009 Scheme

·        HR job application forms together with standard response letters are available in Irish from the HR office

·        An internal HR document, the Recruitment Pack, is available in Irish

·        The UL Standard Administrative Contract of Employment is available in Irish

·        Seomra na Gaeilge, an Irish medium common room and an open facility for the campus community opened in February 2009.

Staff Training and Development

·        A comprehensive range of Irish language education programmes are available for staff during working hours. These are promoted by the Staff Training and Development Unit and Aonad na Gaeilge.

·        A language awareness presentation has been incorporated into the Induction Programme offered to all new staff and faculty.

·        A language awareness programme, Gnéithe den Fheasacht Teanga has been designed. This has been incorporated as module GA3034 in the UL Teastas/Dioplóma sa Ghaeilge.

·        One member of staff in 16 targeted areas has been designated as responsible for dealing with customers through the medium of Irish.

 

Staff Member	Office/Department	Contact
*Kathy Molloy	Admissions	061 202015
Josephine Browne	Access Office	061 202174
Anna Murray	Student Academic Administration	061 202950
Declan Hannon	Finance Division	061 202031
Caroline Neylon/Keith McKeague	Human Resources Department	061 233733/061 234609
Mags O'Connor/ Micheál Ó hAodha	Library & Information Services Division	061 202412/202668
Fionnuala MacMahon	Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences	061 202216
*Eileen Madden	Faculty of Science and Engineering	061 202784
Maureen Kendall	Faculty of Education & Health Sciences	061 202716
Margaret Fennessy	Research Office	061 202686
*Maria Connolly	Information & Compliance	061 234393
Dermot Coughlan	Department of Lifelong Learning and Outreach	061 213544
Phillip Gurnett	Procurement and Contracts	061 213488
Noreen O'Shea	Campus Life Services(including accomodation	061 202081
Emmeline Searson	Co-Operative Education and Careers Division	061 202521
Danny Browne	Buildings and Estates	061 213569
Eamonn Fitzgerald	Information Technology Division	061 202999

 * No reference to a commitment to the designation of personnel in Admissions, Engineering Health Sciences and Science was made in the first UL Scheme. The Freedom of Information Office was originally targeted but this has been renamed Information & Compliance. These areas are now included only because of reconfiguration.

Student Documentation

·        The following forms are available bilingually on the web and in hard copy: Exemption, Internal Transfer, Leave of Absence, Link-in, Link-in Occasional and Re-admission forms

·        Hard copies of the following forms are available bilingually: Exit, Grant, Letter Requests, Transcript Requests and Change of Address forms.

·        The following publications are also available through Irish:

         - Summary of Undergraduate Programmes (Irish Version)

         - Undergraduate Application Form (Irish Version)

         - Application Fee Giro (Bilingual)       

         -Offer Giro (Bilingual)       

         -Mature Student Information Sheet (Irish Version)       

         -Instructions for Accepting an Offer (Irish Version)       

        -Application for Re-admission (Irish Version)