The Health Research Consent Declaration Committee is committed to making its website accessible, in accordance with European Union (Accessibility of Websites and Mobile Applications of Public Sector Bodies) Regulations 2020.
This accessibility statement applies to content published on www.hrcdc.ie.
Compliance Status
This website is partially compliant with the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2.1 level AA , due to the non-accessible content listed below.
Non-Accessible Content
Please see the feedback and contact informaiton section below, if you wish to contact us regarding accessibility of this website. We will do our best to ensure that any content you request is made available and accessible in a timely manner.
Some content on HRCDC’s website does not fully comply with the European Union (Accessibility of Websites and Mobile Applications of Public Sector Bodies) Regulations 2020. For example:
- Some of the PDF documents on our website use tables or document headings or sub-headings, or other features such as watermarks, in a way that may not be fully accessible. Many of these PDF documents are older, legacy documents such as previous year’s HRCDC meeting minutes and Annual Reports. Other PDF documents include the HRCDC’s standard operating procedures and other policies. The HRCDC Secretariat will continue to work to improve the accessibility of PDFs going forward, including the accessibility of minutes for future meetings and our policy and procedure documents.
- Flowcharts or decision trees on the website may not be accessible.
- Application logs provided as a excel spreadsheet may not be accessible.
- PDFs that have been produced by third parties and published on our website may not be fully accessible; examples of such PDFs include legislation documents, information notes and guidance. Such documents provide important and useful informaiton to visitors of our website, however as they have been produced by other third parties the HRCDC do not have the ability to amend these documents to ensure accessibility. If any documents produced by third parties are provided on the HRCDC website in the future, we will discuss accessibility of such documents with the third party, wherever possible.
Preparation of this Accessibility Statement
This statement was prepared on 25th July 2024 and will be reviewed periodically. The assessment of the website was performed using a range to tools including:
- Chrome browser
- Automated testing using axe-core rules
- Manual testing and Keyboard-only navigation testing
- Adobe Acrobat Pro
Feedback and Contact Information
If you have any comments or complaint about the accessibility of this website, please email the HRCDC Secretariat at secretariat@hrcdc.ie.
If you wish to request particular content in an accessible format, please include the following details:
- The content you wish to receive (please include the URL of the content)
- Your name and email address.
- Your required format.
We will make all reasonable efforts to fulfil your request.
If you are not happy about our response to your complaint, you can ask the Ombudsman to look into your complaint. Here is the contact information for and guidance on making a complaint from the Office of the Ombudsman.