Accessibility Statement

This accessibility statement was last updated: September 2008

The National Consumer Agency website ConsumerProperty.ie follows guidelines on accessibility set out by the W3C (the World Wide Web Consortium). The W3C WAI (Web Accessibility Initiative) produces accessibility guidelines that are an internationally recognised benchmark of accessibility.

In designing this site, we have applied all appropriate WAI Priority 1 and Priority 2 criteria of the WAI's web content accessibility guidelines.

Resizing text in your browser

Please note that you can resize text using your browser.

For Internet Explorer or Mozilla Firefox, select Text size from the View menu
Or hold the Control key and use the scroll wheel on your mouse
If you are using another browser, please refer to your browser help to learn how to resize text

Current technologies

The website uses W3C (World Wide Web Consortium) technologies, wherever possible
Pages validate as XHTML 1.0 Transitional and CSS2, ensuring that they work with a wide variety of browsers

The site also makes use of the following non-W3C technology:

Portable Document Format (PDF): Certain documents on this site are available only in this format, which requires you to download and install the free Adobe Acrobat Reader software
Flash: Quizzes on this site use Flash technology, but an alternative text-based version of each quiz is also available on the site

If you cannot access the information in any PDF document please contact webmaster@consumerconnect.ie

Further information

The National Consumer Agency is committed to making its websites accessible to all people, regardless of ability.

It will continue to closely monitor developments and changes in WAI guidelines and general website best practice.

If you feel that this website could be easier to use, or you have difficulty accessing any information or find that any part of the site is not accessible, please email webmaster@consumerconnect.ie