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Accessibility Statement

The Office of Public Works (OPW) recognises the importance of ensuring that our website is accessible to everyone. We are committed to making our website accessible in accordance with European Union (Accessibility of Websites and Mobile Applications of Public Sector Bodies) Regulations 2020. We are continually working to improve our website user experience for everyone and make our content available to the widest possible audience, including those who use assistive technologies.

This accessibility statement applies to the flooding.ie website

Compliance status

floodiing.ie is partially compliant with the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2.1 level AA

Non-accessible content

  • Some images do not have suitable alternative text
  • Some images are not text free.
  • Some elements within pages do not have sufficient levels of colour contrast
  • Some pages do not have correctly ordered content.

Feedback and contact information

You can contact us to request information or for assistance in accessing any content or functionality that is inaccessible.

For information and general enquiries, please contact info@opw.ie.

The OPW welcomes your feedback on the accessibility of our website and digital tools. Please notify us if you encounter any accessibility issues which you would like us to review.

To provide feedback on accessibility of the website and notify us of accessibility issues, please email info@opw.ie

Formal Complaints

If you are not satisfied with the OPW’s response, you can make a complaint under either the Equal Status Act 2000 (No. 8 of 2000) or the Disability Act 2005 (No. 14 of 2005) or both.

Advice on making a complaint under the Disability Act is available on the website of the Office of the Ombudsman.

Advice on making a complaint under the Equal Status Act is available on the website of the Workplace Relations Commission.

Preparation of this Accessibility Statement

This statement was updated following a review of flooding.ie on a self-assessment basis.

The OPW is subject to monitoring by the National Disability Authority under the European Union (Accessibility of Websites and Mobile Applications of Public Sector Bodies) Regulations 2020. We are committed to improving our website accessibility and ensuring that information is available to all.