NDA Monitoring Reports on compliance with the EU Web Accessibility Directive

Summary Report of Ireland's Monitoring 2022- 2024

“Directive (EU) 2016/2102 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 October 2016 on the accessibility of the websites and mobile applications of public sector bodies” (the Directive) requires Member States to ensure that websites and mobile applications (apps) of public sector bodies are fully accessible to persons with disabilities.

The National Disability Authority (NDA) is named as the National Monitoring Body for Ireland in the 2020 Regulations and is required under the Directive’s Implementing Decision 2018/1524 to provide monitoring data in a national report to the European Commission every three years.

NDA has published three annual reports for the monitoring period 2022-2024. Collectively, these reports fulfil NDA’s reporting obligations under the Directive’s Implementing Decision. The current report provides a brief summary of the monitoring under the Directive conducted by NDA. It highlights interesting findings and identifies key trends in NDA’s monitoring data for the past three years beyond that required under NDA’s reporting obligations.

Ireland's Monitoring Report for the EU Web Accessibility Directive 2024

This report covers the 2024 monitoring period . NDA conducted 232 Simplified Reviews, 23 In-depth Reviews on websites and 8 mobile app reviews for the 2024 monitoring period.

Ireland's Monitoring Report for the EU Web Accessibility Directive 2023

This report covers the 2023 monitoring period. NDA conducted 232 Simplified Reviews, 21 In-depth reviews on websites and 11 mobile app reviews for the 2023 monitoring period.

Ireland's Monitoring Report for the EU Web Accessibility Directive 2022

This report covers the 2022 monitoring period. NDA conducted 230 Simplified Reviews, 21 In-depth reviews on websites and 10 mobile app reviews for the 2022 monitoring period.

NDA is required under the Directive’s Implementing Decision 2018/1524 to provide monitoring data in a national report to the European Commission every three years. The next national monitoring report is due in December 2024. The monitoring results contained in the current report will form part of the next three-year national monitoring report.

Ireland's Monitoring Report for the EU Web Accessibility Directive 2021

The National Disability Authority (NDA) completed Ireland’s first monitoring report under the EU Web Accessibility Directive for the monitoring period 2018-2021. Under the Directive and the accompanying Commission Implementing Decision 2018/1524, Ireland was required to conduct 175 Simplified, 19 In-Depth and 4 mobile app reviews for this monitoring period.

See more on how NDA conducts monitoring under the Directive and the different types of reviews carried out.

NDA’s Monitoring Reports on compliance with the EU Web Accessibility Directive comes in two parts. The first part describes the methodology and approach established by the NDA to monitor websites and mobile apps and provides results from an initial cohort of the 50 Simplified, 5 In-Depth and 4 mobile app reviews conducted. The second part provides results for the remainder of 125 Simplified and 14 In-depth reviews conducted.

No website or mobile app reviewed complies fully with the standard required under the Directive, EN 301 549, which is broadly equivalent to WCAG 2.1 AA. Key issues identified include:

• inaccessible PDFs;
• poor colour contrast; and
• incorrectly coded search boxes, forms and other interactive elements.

The second part also contains comparative data for websites of:

• local authorities,
• transport providers,
• higher education Institutions, and
• further education and training Institutions.

Monitoring Report EU WAD Ireland 2021: Part 1

Monitoring Report EU WAD Ireland 2021 (supplemental): Part 2