Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 23 October 2024
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters
Health and Well-being for Persons with Disabilities: Discussion
5:30 pm
Mr. Greg Dempsey:
I will start answering the questions but will be calling on my colleagues to respond to some of them. The Deputy asked whether the information is accessible. I can answer in the affirmative. The Department's website, for example, can be read using software that translates the contents into voice. The HSE makes considerable effort to ensure that health materials, promotional materials and the content on its website are accessible. It produces materials, including advertisements, in accessible formats including easy-to-read, braille, audio and so on. It also follows plain English principles in all material. All television advertising is subtitled and has Irish Sign Language interpretation.
In terms of screening-----