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Accessibility

NESC is committed to making its website accessible, in accordance with  European Union (Accessibility of Websites and Mobile Applications of Public Sector Bodies) Regulations 2020 (opens in a new tab).

This accessibility statement applies to www.nesc.ie

 

Compliance Status

This website is partially compliant with Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.1 Level AA (link opens in a new tab)

NESC is committed to providing a website that is accessible to the widest possible audience, regardless of technology or ability. We are in the process of improving the user experience for everyone and adhering to the required accessibility standards.

The EU Web Accessibility Directive mandates that public sector websites and mobile applications comply with the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) version 2.1 AA (double A) level.

 

Accessible Content

Since our last statement (July 2025), we have now implemented changes to make the following elements accessible:

  • Heading Structure: We have now implemented changes to headings to ensure semantic heading structure that will assist users of assistive technology (e.g. screen readers).

 

Content that we are currently working on

  • Images: We are actively working on reviewing if our images require alt text descriptions or not, depending on if they are either informative or decorative images. Where appropriate, our aim is to reduce cognitive overload for screen reader users.
  • PDF documents: We are also currently working making our PDF documents accessible, by developing an alternative HTML based format (webpage) that will work for all devices & assistive technology. As we work through our PDF documents, our aim is to provide a webpage link for each accessible version as it becomes available.

 

Non-Accessible Content

We are aware that the content listed below is not yet fully accessible:

  • Links: For a small amount of links throughout the site, the purpose of each link cannot be determined from the link text alone.
  • Skip-link: We hope to have this working soon to help people using assistive technology who may wish to skip past header content to access main content.
  • Videos: Captions / subtitles, audio descriptions, and transcripts of prerecorded video content are not currently provided.

 

Preparation of this accessibility statement

This statement was updated in September 2025.

 

Feedback and Contact Information

NESC is committed to ensuring digital accessibility for persons with disabilities. We welcome feedback on the accessibility of this website.

If you have a comment or complaint about the accessibility of this website, please email our Access Officer Gaye Malone who can be contacted at gaye.malone@nesc.ie.

If you wish to request particular content in an accessible format please include the following details:

  • Your required format.
  • The content you wish to receive (please include the url of the content)
  • Your name and email address.

We will make all reasonable efforts to fulfil your request.

 

Enforcement Procedure

The 2020 Regulations state that enforcement procedure is to be “used in the case of unsatisfactory responses to any notification or request sent in accordance with Article 7(4)(c) of the 2020 Regulations.

Section 38 of the Disability Act provides that a person, or a specified person may make a complaint in writing to the head of a public body if that body is not following the law.

If you are not happy with our response, you can refer your complaint to the:

Office of the Ombudsman:

Workplace Relations Commission:

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