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Whitch is the best College

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  • #32
    Boston
    Closed Accounts Posts: 17,163 ✭✭✭✭Boston


    keynesian wrote:
    The list stated before is the bare minimum, that must be provided, and friend got allot but not all.

    He doesn't need it all. So he has never taken advantage of it all. It's up to you to know your rights tbh. My friend is the type of person who knows exactly what he's initialed to.


  • #33
    keynesian
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 192 ✭✭keynesian


    Amz wrote:
    I don't think people can really understand how farcical it can get unless they've been through, or are going through the system.

    My thoughts exactly.

    Was it UCC, you went?


  • #34
    FranknFurter
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,215 ✭✭✭FranknFurter


    LiouVille wrote:
    It is hugely expensive to provide permenent wheelchair access to buildings, it is even more hugely expensive to make even the smallest of changes to listed buildings. I'm not going to say that you don't have a clue about what you're talking about, I'll just say perhaps you might want to look into the cost and effort that went into changing the way a set a doors opened (inwards instead of outwards) on an entry point in listed building in trinity, before making the above claims. Colleges have a committement to wheelchair user, but they also have a committement to other students.

    Actually, having just recently re-designed a wheelchair accessible house I am very aware of the costs involved tyvm.
    Listed buildings are and always will be a seperate issue, your right about that, not necessarilly because of cost though, I worked dealing with a company "Temple Bar Properties" on this issue for several years during the areas re-development.

    My point was, there are a LOT of tiny changes that can be made with minimal cost either financially or otherwise that can make a huge difference.

    Now, if you would like to back up your claims to the contrary with some nice figures Ill be more than happy to do the same.:)

    B


  • #35
    Amz
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,330 ✭✭✭✭Amz


    keynesian wrote:
    My thoughts exactly.

    Was it UCC, you went?
    No, DCU. Still here too.


  • #36
    Boston
    Closed Accounts Posts: 17,163 ✭✭✭✭Boston


    FranknFurter wrote:
    Actually, having just recently re-designed a wheelchair accessible house I am very aware of the costs involved tyvm.
    Listed buildings are and always will be a seperate issue, your right about that, not necessarilly because of cost though, I worked dealing with a company "Temple Bar Properties" on this issue for several years during the areas re-development.

    My point was, there are a LOT of tiny changes that can be made with minimal cost either financially or otherwise that can make a huge difference.

    Now, if you would like to back up your claims to the contrary with some nice figures Ill be more than happy to do the same.:)

    B

    Well listed building are not a sperate issue. You barret trinity, but ignore the fact that all non-listed trinity building are fully wheelchair accessible. The problem lies with the listed buildings of which some have been made accessible and only the ones which have proven difficult and exepensive to make accessible, have not.

    Also, I find it odd that you ask for figures, since given the experience you claim to have, you should know you can't calculate costs accurately on making listed building accessible, untill you go to do it. The whole applying for planning premission in, and of, itself can be extemely expensive.

    What I'd like to know from you, is exactly what are these "tiny changes that can be made with minimal cost either financially or otherwise that can make a huge difference", and whether or not they have allready been implimented.


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