Accessibility

The Commission of Investigation into the Handling of Historical Child Sexual Abuse in Schools is committed to ensuring accessibility informs our internal policies and is integrated into our procurement practices.

We are also committed to making this website accessible to as wide an audience as possible. This statement outlines the measures we have made to ensure a high standard of accessibility support throughout this website.

This website has been designed in accordance with the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.1 AA. These guidelines explain how to make web content more usable for people with disabilities and more user-friendly for everyone.

To improve accessibility, we have made significant efforts to ensure that all content on this website is clear, readable and easy to understand. Wherever possible, we have avoided jargon and used plain English so that information is accessible to the widest possible audience.

The website is designed to be robust and reliably interpreted by a broad range of user agents, including assistive technologies.

Other measures we have taken include:

• Maintaining consistent navigation and predictable page layout.
• Structuring pages with headings and logical reading order.
• Providing strong colour contrast.
• Ensuring the site can be used with a keyboard.
• Designing pages to work on mobile, tablet and desktop devices.
• Providing meaningful alt text for images and descriptive links.
• Ensuring forms are accessible and clearly labelled.

This list is not exhaustive.

We will continue to review and update our website structure, content and navigation so that it aligns with recognised accessibility standards and supports a positive user experience for all visitors.

Some content or documents may not yet fully meet accessibility standards. We are working to address these issues as part of our ongoing improvement programme.

If you have difficulty accessing any part of this website, you can contact the Commission for support:

• Email: info@commissionofinvestigation.ie
• Phone: (01) 920 8787
• Postal address: Commission of Investigation, PO Box 13903, Dublin 2

Please tell us:

• The page or feature you were trying to use
• The problem you experienced
• How we can help

We will do our best to support you.

If you are not satisfied with the Commission’s response, you can make a complaint to the Ombudsman. Information on making a complaint under the Disability Act is available at Office of the Ombudsman.