Departmental Websites

Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 15 June 2021

Tuesday, 15 June 2021

Questions (1201)

Holly Cairns

Question:

1201. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the way in which his Department and agencies under his remit are meeting the requirement to have a statement on the compliance of their websites and mobile applications with the regulations under the directive 2016/2102 (EU), as articulated in SI No. 358/2020 - European Union (Accessibility of Websites and Mobile Applications of Public Sector Bodies) Regulations 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31277/21]

Written answers

Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine

The Department's website is hosted on www.gov.ie.

Gov.ie – which currently hosts 15 of 19 Departments has a compliance accessibility statement which is available here: https://www.gov.ie/en/help/accessibility/.

I understand that all remaining Government Departments will have moved to gov.ie by the end of August.

As regards the twelve State Bodies under the aegis of the Department, the information requested is an operational matter for the State Bodies themselves. I have referred the Deputy’s question to the Agencies and have requested that a response should issue within 10 days.