This section provides information on good practices in public bodies in Ireland with respect to disability and accessibility. The aim of the good practices is to provide local authorities with valuable and practical information to support them in making their environments, services and information accessible.

Good practice examples	Public body	Contact details
Permanent Works Accessibility Design Certificate Cavan County Council aims to use this form when carrying out internal permanent works. Drawings are checked for accessibility by the access officer or other suitable qualified person prior to works commencing. This design certificate has been prepared by Cavan County Council. If you use this form we would very much appreciate your acknowledgement of Cavan County Council. We would also welcome your feedback on the permanent works accessibility design certificate (Contact: Emma Breiden at ebreiden@cavancoco.ie) Permanent Works Accessibility Design Certificate [PDF 395kb]	Cavan County Council	Emma Breiden, Access Officer Tel: 049 4378392 Email: ebreiden@cavancoco.ie
Meeting And Training Facility Checklist Cavan County Council uses this checklist to determine if a meeting space is accessible. A separate checklist is required for each facility. This ‘Meeting and Training Facility Checklist’ has been prepared by Cavan County Council. If you use this checklist, we would very much appreciate your acknowledgement of Cavan County Council. We would also welcome your feedback on the meeting and training facility checklist (Contact: Emma Breiden at ebreiden@cavancoco.ie) Meeting And Training Facility Check List [PDF 360kb]	Cavan County Council	Emma Breiden, Access Officer Tel: 049 4378392 Email: ebreiden@cavancoco.ie
Accessible library development:   Development of an Accessible library in Cavan County Council [MS Word 31kb] Templates for download: Guidelines for layout of documents [MS Word 25kb] Guidelines for printing documents and forms [MS Word 24kb] Signage brief template [MS Word 52kb] Signage checklist [MS Word 88kb] Template for Accessibility Survey [MS Word 123kb]	Cavan County Council	Josephine Brady, Chief Librarian Tel: 049 4378517 Email: jbrady@cavancoco.ie
Accessible website development: Mayo's site development details [MS Word 28kb]	Mayo County Council	Rick Love Tel: 094 9047127 Email: rlove@mayococo.ie
Comhairle's site development details [MS Word 36kb]	Comhairle	Catherine Hughes, IT Manager Tel: 01-6059000 Email: Catherine.Hughes@Comhairle.ie Web: www.citizensinformation.ie, www.assistireland.ie
Accessible building development: Accessibility improvements to a listed building by Dublin City Council [MS Word 78kb]	Dublin City Libraries	Margaret Hayes, Deputy Librarian Tel: 01 674 4804/086 815 0367 Dublin City Council Email: margaret.hayes@dublincity.ie
Accessibility improvements to an older building by Kerry County Council [MS Word 36kb]	Kerry County Council	Keith Parrott, Senior Executive Engineer Tel: 066 7183500 Email: kparrott@kerrycoco.ie
Accessibility improvements to a modern, leased office building and its customer services [MS Word 52kb]	Public Appointments Service	Gerard Murphy, Director Tel: 01 8587576 / 086 3221623 Email: Gerard.Murphy@publicjobs.ie
Accessibility improvements to a Motor Tax Office [MS Word 32kb]	Cavan County Council	Bernie O´Rourke, Head of Motor Tax Office Tel: 049 4371156 Emma Breiden, Access Coordinator Tel: 049 4378392
Development of accessibility guidelines by Kildare County Council for the external environment (crossings, parking, pavements)	Kildare County Council	Anne Marie Conneely Tel: 045 980531 Email: aconneely@kildarecoco.ie
Disability Awareness training for Staff: Training project for Dun Laoghaire/Rathdown's staff [MS Word 29kb] Training project for Fingal Council's staff [MS Word 39kb]	Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council	Pat Coffey Tel: 01 2047269 Email: pcoffey@dlrcoco.ie
	Fingal County Council	Mairead Phelan, Senior Engineer Tel: 01 8905841 Email: mairead.phelan@fingalcoco.ie
Employment of disabled people:  Recruitment and retention of disabled people [MS Word 38kb]	South Dublin County	Selina Bonnie, Disability Liaison - Access Officer Tel: 01 4149080 Email: sbonnie@sdublincoco.ie