Accessibility Statement
Our commitment and approach to maintaining an accessible website
The National Standards Authority of Ireland is committed to:
- maintaining an accessible website.
- ensuring that this website achieves “Level AA” conformance to the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.1, to comply with the National Disability Authority’s Code of Practice on Accessibility of Public Services and Information Provided by Public Bodies. (The National Disability Authority’s Centre for Excellence in Universal Design has an introduction to policy and legislation relevant to Universal Design in Ireland.)
- ensuring that all new information on the website will achieve “Level AA” conformance to the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.1.
- including accessibility when we procure 3rd-party systems or upgrades to existing systems.
This website’s conformance with official accessibility guidelines
The website currently has partially AA conformance to the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.1. Our most recent web accessibility audit for this website was on May 26th 2022.
Areas for improvement and time-lines
We carry out regular accessibility audits on our website, during which we become aware of some areas on the website where we could improve accessibility. We strive to maintain a “Level AA” conformance to the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.1. Please note that another round of accessibility audit will take place within the last quarter of 2022, which will enable us to remediate the following areas accordingly.
Below are the areas we are currently working to improve:
| Areas for improvement | Timelines for improvement |
|---|---|
| Ensures every ARIA progressbar node has an accessible name | Exact dates to be announced |
| Ensures the contrast between foreground and background colors meets WCAG 2 AA contrast ratio thresholds | Exact dates to be announced |
| Ensures every form element has a label | Exact dates to be announced |
| Ensures select element has an accessible name | Exact dates to be announced |
| Ensures interactive controls are not nested as they are not always announced by screen readers or can cause focus problems for assistive technologies | Exact dates to be announced |
| Ensures every HTML document has a lang attribute | Exact dates to be announced |
| Ensures aria-hidden elements are not focusable nor contain focusable elements | Exact dates to be announced |
| Ensures buttons have discernible text | Exact dates to be announced |
| Ensures input buttons have discernible text | Exact dates to be announced |
| Ensures links have discernible text | Exact dates to be announced |
| Ensures every id attribute value is unique | Exact dates to be announced |
| Ensures every id attribute value of active elements is unique | Exact dates to be announced |
| Missing Tool Tip in a PDF Form Field | Exact dates to be announced |
| Alt text for image is empty or contains only whitespace | Exact dates to be announced |
| Missing text equivalent for image | Exact dates to be announced |
| No structural tags present in document | Exact dates to be announced |
| Associate data and header cells in data tables | Exact dates to be announced |
| Invalid table structure | Exact dates to be announced |
| Ensures that lists are structured correctly | Exact dates to be announced |
| Ensures li elements are used semantically | Exact dates to be announced |
| Ensures each HTML document contains a non-empty title element | Exact dates to be announced |
| Ensures iframe and frame elements have an accessible name | Exact dates to be announced |
| Ensures image elements have alternate text or a role of none or presentation | Exact dates to be announced |
How to send feedback on this website's accessibility
We welcome feedback on the accessibility of this website. You can contact us here.