Irish company websites fail to meet accessibility guidelines

Almost three quarters of leading Irish companies do not have an accessible website, a study has found.

IA Labs’ Digital Accessibility Index analyses websites against a range of requirements set out by an EU Directive on digital accessibility that was introduced for public sector bodies in 2020. Private companies are not required by law to be digitally accessible . Among the criteria are ensuring that websites are navigable for people who use screen readers, fully usable for people who only use keyboards, and have adjustable colour contrast for people with low vision.

In contrast, the majority of Government department sites are accessible, but the websites for the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment and the Department of Foreign Affairs are not.Mr O’Mahoney said the index showed more needed to be done to bring Ireland to the forefront of digital accessibility, with data from theindicating there are approximately 600,000 people in Ireland with a disability.

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