Departmental Websites

Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 15 June 2021

Tuesday, 15 June 2021

Questions (199)

Holly Cairns

Question:

199. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications 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. [31282/21]

Written answers

Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications

My Department’s digital content migrated to a central platform, gov.ie, in September 2020.Gov.ie – which currently hosts 15 of 19 Government Departments has a compliance accessibility commitment statement available at www.gov.ie/en/help/accessibility/#statement-of-commitment as well as information on its compliance  status. Our agencies have been made aware of their obligations under this directive and compliance is a matter for each individual organisation.