Accessibility Statement

Standards compliance

• All pages on this site are WCAG AA approved, complying with all priority 1 and 2 guidelines of the W3C Web Content Accessibility Guidelines.
• All pages on this site validate as HTML 4.01 Strict.
• All pages on this site use structured semantic markup. H1 tags are used for page titles, and H2 tags for headings.

Access keys

Most browsers support jumping to specific links by typing keys defined on the web site. On Windows, you can press ALT + an access key; on Macintosh, you can press Control + an access key. When using Microsoft Internet Explorer, you must press <Return> after entering the access key.

All pages on this site define the following access keys:

• Access key 1 - Home page
• Access key 2 - Contact
• Access key 3 - Frequently Asked Questions
• Access key 4 - Site Map
• Access key 5 - About us
• Access key 6 - Legislation
• Access key 7 - Publications
• Access key 8 - Useful Links
• Access key 9 - Skip to content
• Access key 0 - Help

Visual design

• This site uses cascading style sheets for visual layout.
• All font sizes are relative, and can be increased using the user-specified "text size" option in visual browsers.
• If your browser or browsing device does not support stylesheets at all, the content of each page is still readable.

Metadata

• Each page contains meta-data compliant with the Dublin Core Metadata Element Set, according to the Irish Public Sector Metadata Standard (IPSMS) profile.