Holly Cairns (Cork South West, Social Democrats)
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524. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the way in which her Department and agencies under her remit are meeting the requirement to have a statement on the compliance of their websites and mobile applications with the regulations under the directive 2016/2102 (EU), as articulated in SI No. 358/2020 - European Union (Accessibility of Websites and Mobile Applications of Public Sector Bodies) Regulations 2020; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31292/21]

Holly Cairns (Cork South West, Social Democrats)
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525. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the way in which her Department and agencies under her remit are meeting the requirement to subject to Regulation 6, public sector bodies shall, in accordance with Regulation 3, take necessary measures to make their websites and mobile applications more accessible by making them perceivable, operable, understandable and robust under the directive 2016/2102 (EU), as articulated in SI No. 358/2020 - European Union (Accessibility of Websites and Mobile Applications of Public Sector Bodies) Regulations 2020; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31310/21]

Catherine Martin (Dublin Rathdown, Green Party)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 524 and 525 together.

My Department’s main website is part of the shared Gov.ie website which is hosted by the OGCIO. The government is committed to making gov.ie accessible in accordance with S.I. 358/2020 .www.gov.ie/en/help/accessibility/

My Department is currently working with third party support vendors in improving accessibility and achieving full compliance with S.I. 358 of 2020 for its other websites.

Responsibility for the operation and maintenance of the websites of those bodies under the aegis of my Department in accordance with business needs and relevant statutory requirements is a day-to-day matter for the board and management of each body.

As the Deputy is aware the National Disability Authority is the monitoring body for the purposes of the Directive and the Regulations and both my Department and the bodies under its aegis will engage with the authority in its monitoring of the compliance of websites and mobile applications of public sector bodies with the requirements of these regulations.