Accessibility Statement
This accessibility statement was last updated: January 2007
The National Consumer Agency website nca.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 info@nca.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 info@nca.ie