Holly Cairns (Cork South West, Social Democrats)
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161. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the way in which his Department and agencies under his 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 he will make a statement on the matter. [31281/21]

Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael)
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My Department is committed to meeting the requirement to have a statement on the compliance of websites and mobile applications under its remit in accordance with directive 2016/2102 (EU).

My Department has begun the process of migrating website content to .gov.ie. In tandem a review of all websites is ongoing and, where practicable, each website will be migrated to the .gov.ie platform. Where it is not possible to migrate a particular site to the .gov.ie platform, a statement of compliance in accordance with directive 2016/2102 (EU), will be available on that website.

Holly Cairns (Cork South West, Social Democrats)
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162. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the way in which his Department and agencies under his 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 he will make a statement on the matter. [31299/21]

Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael)
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My Department is committed to making all websites under its remit accessible in accordance with S.I. 258/2020 and to achieving AA standard under WCAG 2.1 guidelines. My Department has begun the process of migrating website content to .gov.ie. In tandem, a review of all websites is ongoing and, where practicable, each website will be migrated to the .gov.ie platform. Where it is not possible to migrate a particular site to the .gov.ie platform it will be upgraded to meet the ECAG 2.1 guidelines.

The Website Accessibility Conformance Evaluation Methodology (WCAG-EM) approach will be used. My Department encourages feedback from its website visitors and will work with individual visitors to resolve any issues should they have any difficulties accessing content.