Prepare your website for Irish EU accessibility regulations
The European Union (Accessibility Requirements of Products and Services) Regulations 2023 — S.I. 636/2023 — transposed the EAA into Irish law. Combined with the long-standing Disability Act 2005 for public bodies, the framework gives Ireland a complete EU-aligned accessibility regime, enforced by CCPC and sector regulators against WCAG 2.1 AA and I.S. EN 301 549.
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Ireland is the EU's English-language compliance hub
Many global tech companies route EU-facing services through Irish entities for tax and regulatory reasons. The Irish transposition of the EAA — S.I. 636/2023 — applies to those services regardless of where the parent company sits, as long as the service is placed on the Irish or EU market. That makes Ireland an unusually high-leverage jurisdiction for accessibility compliance work.
Who is covered
Public-sector bodies under the Disability Act 2005 plus the 2018 Web Accessibility Directive transposition. Private-sector consumer services under S.I. 636/2023 (EAA): e-commerce, banking, transport ticketing, e-books, audio-visual on-demand, electronic communications. Micro-enterprise exemption applies to services (<10 employees AND <2M € turnover).
What changed in 2025
From June 28, 2025, S.I. 636/2023 obligations apply to new and substantially updated services placed on the Irish market. Services in operation before that date have until June 28, 2030. The Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (CCPC) is the lead market-surveillance authority for many in-scope categories.
Enforcement authorities
Public sector: National Disability Authority (NDA) supervises the Disability Act 2005 and Web Accessibility Directive obligations. Private sector under S.I. 636/2023: CCPC for consumer services, ComReg for electronic communications, Central Bank of Ireland for banking and e-money services. Sectoral overlap is significant.
Penalties
Fines under S.I. 636/2023 follow the Irish enforcement model with sector-specific caps. CCPC can issue compliance notices, prohibition notices, and refer matters for prosecution. Public-sector breaches escalate via NDA reporting and political accountability mechanisms. Reputational risk is significant for global brands routing EU operations through Ireland.
Three steps from baseline to ongoing monitoring
The same workflow Irish and UK agencies use to prepare client sites for S.I. 636/2023 obligations.
Free Scan
Up to 5 pages scanned automatically. Prioritized snapshot of WCAG 2.1 AA failures, evidence blocks, and a personalized recommendation. Emailed within 24 hours.
Start a Free ScanAccessibility Audit
Up to 15 key pages reviewed. Findings mapped to WCAG 2.1 AA and I.S. EN 301 549 with selectors, screenshots, journey impact, and remediation roadmap. White-label ready.
Request an AuditMonthly Monitoring
Rescan up to 3 client sites monthly with regression detection, verified-fix tracking, and branded reports your agency can forward without rewriting.
Set Up MonitoringSee what an audit report actually looks like
A real, populated demo report — with severity-prioritized findings, evidence blocks, screenshots, journey impact, remediation guidance, and a roadmap your client's dev team can actually work from.
What this is, and what it is not
AccessiProof provides evidence-backed website accessibility audits, prioritized findings, and remediation guidance aligned to S.I. 636/2023 and the broader Irish accessibility framework. Reports are not legal advice, not certification, and not a formal regulatory determination by CCPC, ComReg, the NDA, or any other Irish authority. Compliance decisions remain the responsibility of the covered organisation, its Irish legal counsel, and the relevant sectoral regulator. Where authoritative determinations are required, involve qualified Irish accessibility and legal professionals.
Related EU accessibility frameworks
Every EU law in this space sits on the same technical spine. Use these pages to map your clients' obligations across Europe.
European Accessibility Act
The EU directive that underpins every national accessibility law below.
Read pageEU frameworkEN 301 549
The harmonised technical standard regulators cite as the conformance test.
Read pageEU frameworkWCAG 2.2
W3C success criteria at the heart of every EU accessibility rulebook.
Read pageNational lawGermany — BFSG
Barrierefreiheitsstärkungsgesetz: Germany's EAA transposition, in force since 28 June 2025.
Read pageNational lawFrance — RGAA & Article 47
Dual track: RGAA 4.1 for public bodies and Ordonnance 2023-859 for private e-commerce.
Read pageNational lawSpain — Ley 11/2023
RD 1112/2018 for public sector plus Ley 11/2023 and RD 193/2023 for private e-commerce.
Read pageNational lawRomania — Legea 232/2022
Romania's EAA transposition, enforced by ANPC since 28 June 2025.
Read pageNational lawItaly — D.Lgs. 82/2022
Italian EAA transposition layered on the Stanca Law (Legge 4/2004), supervised by AgID and AGCOM.
Read pageNational lawNetherlands — Toegankelijkheid
Besluit digitale toegankelijkheid for public bodies plus EAA-derived obligations for private services.
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