Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 17 May 2023

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation

Employment Strategy and Impact on Disabled Persons in the Workplace: Discussion (Resumed)

Mr. Sean Doran:

We reached out to all of the recruitment companies in the country and told them about legislation around web content accessibility guidelines, WCAG, and told them about the European Accessibility Act of 2025 and how people with disabilities cannot use their services, and they did not want to engage. We are in a carrot-and-stick situation where it is currently a nice thing for people with disabilities. There is no hard stick saying they must do this, so they are not willing to spend the time and energy updating their web services or digital documents to allow someone to access them. There is a change in other areas. Government websites have completely improved over the past five years and have become more digitally accessible but private organisations are not willing to adopt these guidelines yet.

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