Holly Cairns (Cork South West, Social Democrats)
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386. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht to detail the preparations being undertaken by her Department in advance of the European Accessibility Act (Directive (EU) 2019/882); the guidance that is being issued by her Department to organisations and businesses in advance of the enactment of the directive; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39677/23]

Catherine Martin (Dublin Rathdown, Green Party)
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My colleague, Minister Roderic O’ Gorman, T.D., Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (DCEDIY), is leading on the transposition of the European Accessibility Act (Directive (EU) 2019/882).

I am advised that Minister O'Gorman's Department intends to consult at interdepartmental and inter-agency level and that implementation and oversight of the Directive will be led by organisations already engaged in the oversight of products and services, who have expertise to lead on sectoral preparations and guidance.

I welcome this consultation and will support the outcomes of the proposed arrangements for sectoral preparation and guidance once they have been finalised and when the transposition process has concluded by DCEDIY.