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Accessibility Statement Standards Compliance
At Limerick County Council we recognise the benefit of having online information and services available to our citizens and see this as an opportunity to enhance the lives of citizens who may otherwise find it difficult to obtain these services.
Our new website has been designed using content management software, which allows for timely and automatic updating of the site by all sections within the Council. The emphasis on design has been to make the site accessible in a manner which avoids clutter and provides a consistent navigation methodology throughout the site.
Staff developing the site have attended courses on web design for accessibility and have liaised with disability bodies in the design.
We welcome any feedback you may have on this site and you may contact us by emailing info@limerickcoco.ie.
This website is Bobby AA approved complying with all priority 1 and 2 guidelines of the W3C Web Content Accessibility Guidelines.
All pages on the website validate as XHTML 1.0 Transitional.
Navigation and Tables
All data tables have summary tags and are coded using Row and Column titles.
A "skip navigation" link is also used to enable users to move directly to the main content.
Links
All links use the title attribute which describes the link in more detail and warns the user if the link takes the user to an external website. Links are written to make sense when read out of context.
Images.
All content images used in this site include descriptive ALT attributes. Images used for decorative graphics include null ALT attributes which will be by-passed by screenreaders.
Visual design
The website uses only relative font sizes which allow the user to enlarge the text using the option in the browser. The website uses cascading stylesheets. If your browser does not support stylesheets the content on each page is still readable If your browser does not support scripts the website is still fully accessible.
Exclusions
The following content is not yet Level AA compliant:
- All pdf documents
- eReg (link to our online Register of Electors System)
- E-Plan (link to our online Planning Enquiry System)
If, when using this website, you find other content that you suspect does not
conform to the WCAG 1.0 Level-AA guidelines please contact info@limerickcoco.ie
Useful Links
- W3C - The World Wide Web Consortium which gives a full guide and checklist for developers wishing to make their website accessible : http://www.w3.org
- Bobby - A Free service which analyzes web pages for accessibility compliance : http://www.webxact.watchfire.com
- HTML Validator - A free service which will check if your webpage conforms to published guidelines : http://validator.w3.org
- The National Disability Authority : http://www.nda.ie
- Irish National Disability Authority Guidelines : http://accessit.nda.ie