Accessibility policy

The Department of Foreign Affairs is committed to making ireland.ie accessible, in accordance with S.I. 258/2020.

This accessibility statement applies to ireland.ie.

Compliance status

Ireland.ie is partially compliant with WCAG 2.1 AA Guidelines due to the exceptions listed below.

Non-accessible content

  • Images – alternative text may be missing from some image descriptions
  • PDFs – may contain scanned documents or content that is not readable by assistive technologies
  • Colour contrast may not always be sufficient on some pages
  • Text is clipped when resized on some pages.

This is not an exhaustive list and is currently undergoing a review.

How we test

We use the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.1 Level A and Level AA to test the level of conformance.

Feedback and contact information

Please contact the Department’s Disability Inquiry Officer.

This statement was last reviewed on 10 June 2021.