Accessibility

Statement of Commitment 

We are committed to making this website accessible in accordance with S.I. 358/2020.

We are committed to achieving AA standard under WCAG 2.1 guidelines.

This accessibility statement applies to this site only – not other government sites or subdomains.

Compliance status

This website is currently partially compliant with WCAG 2.1 AA guidelines.

Non-accessible content

Tables: Some tables on this website do not have correctly defined headers. This makes it harder for people using screen readers or voice recognition software to read the content on the site. ( WCAG guideline 1.3.1 )

Images: Not all images on this website have photo (or meta-) descriptions. If images do not have the correct descriptions then a user using assistive technologies will not learn the information conveyed in the image ( WCAG guidelines 1.1.1 )

PDFs: Many documents are published as PDFs – which are less accessible than HTML pages for people using assistive technologies. Some of the issues with PDFs include:

This content is not an exhaustive list of non-accessible content.

Exempted content

PDF documents that were published before 23 September 2018 are exempt from these guidelines except where it is related to a service that a member of the public has to use.

Videos or audio published before 23 September 2020 are exempt from these guidelines

Contact Us

editor@merrionstreet.ie