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Accessibility Statement

An Coimisiún Toghcháin is committed to making its website accessible, in accordance with the European Union (Accessibility of Websites and Mobile Applications of Public Sector Bodies) Regulations 2020.

We want our content to be available to the widest possible audience, including people who use assistive technologies.

This accessibility statement applies to content published on electoralcommission.ie

Compliance Status

The native HTML content on electoralcommission.ie is compliant with WCAG 2.1 AA guidelines. However, some external content hosted or embedded on this website, such as iframes and PDF documents, may not fully conform to accessibility guidelines.

Non-accessible content

Contrast: Site logo. The Electoral Commission logo may not meet a contrast ratio of 4.5:1 or higher in some circumstances. (WCAG guideline 1.4.1)

Images: Not all images on this website have photo (or meta-) descriptions. If images do not have the correct descriptions, then a user using assistive technologies will not learn the information conveyed in the image (WCAG guidelines 1.1.1)

PDFs: Many documents are published as PDFs – which are less accessible than HTML pages for people using assistive technologies. Some of the issues with PDFs include:

Our staff are reviewing and improving the accessibility of PDFs and are working to address identified issues on an ongoing basis.

Iframes:  Iframes are embedded on the An Coimisiún Toghcháin’s website to host Vimeo video content and our What Constituency Am I In tool. Some of the components of these iframes have the following know accessibility issues

  • components do not have sufficient colour contrast,
  • some content on hover is disappearing
  • hidden content is readable with a screen reader and on logo hover the content is not dismissible

We are seeking a solution to the issues with iframes that are hosted on our website.

This content is not an exhaustive list of non-accessible content.

Exempted Content

PDF documents that were published before 23 September 2018 are exempt from these guidelines except where it is related to a service that a member of the public has to use.

Videos or audio published before 23 September 2020 are exempt from these guidelines.

Preparation of this accessibility statement

This statement was prepared on 16 January 2023 and last reviewed on 12 October 2026. We use the WCAG level AA guidelines to test how accessible electoralcommission.ie. We used the Website Accessibility Conformance Evaluation Methodology (WCAG-EM) approach to assess the site. We also use the following methods:

Automated Scanning: Automated scanning provides a quick (but not complete) overview of issues that persons may encounter.

Guidance: Provision of guidance to content editors such as using Alternate Text, Ensuring Heading Levels are correct and other practices.

Manual Review: Regularly performing manual review of each site and adjusting the site to help improve accessibility.

We have completed accessibility audits and have carried out user testing on the website. We will continue to do this.

We regularly engage with the National Disability Authority (NDA), which is the monitoring body for accessibility of public sector websites in Ireland. The website is subject to annual reviews by the NDA.

Feedback and contact information

An Coimisiún Toghcháin is committed to ensuring digital accessibility for persons with disabilities. We welcome feedback on the accessibility of this website.

If you have a comments or complaint about the accessibility of this website, please contact our Access Officer, Helen Codd by email at  AccessOfficer@electoralcommission.ie or phone on 01 539 1040.

Helen’s role as Access Officer, is to provide coordinating assistance and guidance, to people with disabilities who want to access our information, services, or buildings.

If you wish to request particular content in an accessible format please include the following details:

  • Your required format.
  • The content you wish to receive (please include the URL of the content)
  • Your name and email address.

We will make all reasonable efforts to fulfil your request.

Enforcement Procedure

If you contact us with a request or a complaint about the accessibility of electoralcommission.ie and are not satisfied with our response you can make a complaint to the Ombudsman under the Disability Act.

An Coimisiún Toghcháin’s Access Officer

Our Access Officer, Helen Codd, deals with queries and complaints about accessibility to our building.

You can contact Helen by email AccessOfficer@electoralcommission.ie  or phone on 01 539 1040.