Ireland/Open Data

Purpose

The purpose behind this page is to

• act as a central listing of all sources of open data within Ireland
• document, where necessary, permission to use the data held by these sources for the improvement of OpenStreetMap data covering the island of Ireland

Licences

Following publication of Circular 12/16, the standard Irish Government PSI licence is Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY), which is an open licence.

Any Open Data portal offering content under CC-BY 4.0 requires special permission to use the data within OSM in order to meet the "BY" requirement. This requirement is met by listing the data provider on the Contributor Page; however, this requires the agreement of the provider that this meets the "BY" requirement of the CC-BY 4.0 licence for them.

Details on other licences will be documented here as they are identified. In some cases, it may not be possible to use the data due to certain licensing

Attribution

As per the requirements of the Open Data Technical Framework, the following is required for attribution. Where publishers list a different attribution statement, it will be documented in the publisher table below

Under the CC-BY Licence, users must acknowledge the source of the Information in their product or application. Where the Information Provider does not provide a specific attribution statement, users should include, or link to, this attribution statement: “Contains Irish Public Sector Data licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) license”.

— Dept. Public Expenditure & Reform, Open Data Technical Framework

Attribution Approval

Publisher	Licence	Permission Required?	Permission Granted	Comment
data.gov.ie	CC-BY 4.0	Yes	Yes	Explicit permission has been granted by Department of Public Expenditure and Reform for all CC-BY 4.0 datasets contained on data.gov.ie. This permission can be viewed here.Each dataset should be reviewed for licence as not everything is CC-BY (yet)
data.geohive.ie/	CC-BY 4.0	Yes
data.localgov.ie	CC-BY 4.0	Yes		Listing this here although there may not be much data of use as it just seems to hold election results for local elections
Coke Zero Bikes	CC-BY-SA	Yes
dublinbike	Open Licence	Yes
Department of Education and Skills.	Other - Attribution	Yes		Most DES data is CC-BY 4.0 with a few files showing at other-attribution. Need clarification on use of these files as some contain good info
EPA	??	Yes		Unclear on what licence is applied. Also OSi copyright issues. All EPA sourced data has to be off-limits until this is addressed

Import Strategy

Any imports will be carried out as per the Import Guidelines and documented in the Import Catalogue and each import will have its own import documentation page

Issues, Problems & Roadblocks

Any issues encountered with any datasets, licencing, broken links, corrupt files etc, should be documented on the talk page here

Open Data Publishers in Ireland

Data Publisher	data.gov.ie Catalog	Publisher Data Portal (if exists)	Licence	Approval to use data in OSM
All-Island Research Observatory	Link	http://airo.maynoothuniversity.ie/datastore	CC-BY 4.0	Requested --DaCor (talk) 23:08, 9 March 2018 (UTC)
An Garda Síochána	Link		CC-BY 4.0	Requested --DaCor (talk) 23:08, 9 March 2018 (UTC)
Benefacts	Link	https://en.benefacts.ie/get-data/	CC-BY 4.0	Requested --DaCor (talk) 23:08, 9 March 2018 (UTC)
Bord Iascaigh Mhara	Link		CC-BY 4.0	Requested --DaCor (talk) 23:08, 9 March 2018 (UTC)
Central Applications Office	Link		CC-BY 4.0	Unable to find an email address
Central Bank of Ireland	Link
Central Statistics Office	Link	http://www.cso.ie/en/databases/	CC-BY 4.0	Requested --DaCor (talk) 23:08, 9 March 2018 (UTC)
Coca-Cola Zero Bikes	Link		CC-BY 4.0	Unable to find a contact email address
Commission for Communications Regulation	Link
Commission for Energy Regulation	Link
Commissioners of Irish Lights	Link
Companies Registration Office	Link	https://services.cro.ie/index.aspx
Cork City Council	Link	http://data.corkcity.ie/
Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine	Link
Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht	Link	http://www.ahrrga.gov.ie/open-data/
Department of Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs	Link
Department of Children and Youth Affairs	Link
Department of Communications, Climate Action & Environment	Link	http://www.dccae.gov.ie/natural-resources/en-ie/maps-and-data/Pages/home.aspx
Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources	Link
Department of Education and Skills	Link	http://www.education.ie/en/Publications/Statistics/Data-on-Individual-Schools/
Department of Finance	Link	http://www.finance.gov.ie/publications/data-statistics
Department of Health	Link	http://health.gov.ie/publications-research/statistics/
Department of Health and Children	Link	http://health.gov.ie/publications-research/statistics/
Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government	Link
Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation	Link
Department of Public Expenditure and Reform	Link	http://www.irelandstat.gov.ie/
Department of Social Protection	Link
Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport	Link
Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government	Link
Dublin City Business Improvement District	Link
Dublin City Council	Link
Dublinked.ie	Link	http://dublinked.ie/
Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council	Link
Eirgrid	Link
Environmental Protection Agency	Link	http://gis.epa.ie/
Fingal County Council	Link
FixYourStreet.ie	Link
Food Safety Authority of Ireland	Link
Forfás	Link
Fáilte Ireland	Link
Galway City Council	Link
Galway County Council	Link
Geological Survey of Ireland	Link
Health Insurance Authority	Link
Health Protection Surveillance Centre	Link
Health Research Board	Link
Health Service Executive	Link
Health and Safety Authority	Link
Heritage Council	Link
Higher Education Authority	Link
InjuriesBoard.ie	Link
Irish Maritime Development Office	Link
Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service	Link
Irish Naval Service	Link
Irish Prison Service	Link
Irish Sports Council	Link
LGMA	Link
Marine Institute	Link	http://atlas.marine.ie
Marine Renewable Energy Ireland (MaREI)	Link
Mayo County Council	Link
Met Eireann	Link
Money Advice and Budgeting Service	Link
NUI Galway	Link
NUI Maynooth	Link
National Biodiversity Data Centre	Link
National Educational Welfare Board	Link
National Transport Authority	Link
Office of Public Works	Link
Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions	Link
Office of the Refugee Applications Commissioner	Link
Ordnance Survey Ireland	Link
Private Residential Tenancies Board	Link
Property Services Regulatory Authority	Link
Railway Procurement Agency	Link
Reception and Integration Agency	Link
Revenue Commissioners	Link
Road Safety Authority	Link
Roscommon County Council	Link
Royal Irish Academy	Link
Sea Fisheries Protection Authority	Link
SmartBay Ireland	Link
South Dublin County Council	Link
Sport Ireland	Link
State Examinations Commission	Link
Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland	Link	http://maps.seai.ie/giswiki/
Teagasc	Link
The Adoption Authority of Ireland	Link
The Courts Service	Link
The National Cancer Registry	Link
The National Cancer Screening Service	Link
The Probation Service	Link
Transport Infrastructure Ireland	Link	http://data.tii.ie/
University College Dublin	Link

Potential Datasets For Import

#	Name (link to import documentation page)	Category	Link To Data Source	Publisher	Area	Licence	Notes
1	Primary Schools	Education	Link	AIRO	Rep. Of Ireland	CC-BY 4.0	Info includes official name, boys/girls mix, religious ethos, contact info, location.
2	Post-Primary Schools	Education	Link	AIRO	Rep. Of Ireland	CC-BY 4.0	Info includes roll number, address, gender, ethos, location etc
3	Coke Zero Bikes	Transportation	Link	Coke Zero Bikes	Rep. of Ireland	CC-BY-SA	Info on each bike rental station, capacity etc
4	Commissioners of Irish Lights Lighthouse	Coastal	Link	Commissioners of Irish Lights	Whole Island	CC-BY 4.0	Locations and other info on lighthouses around the coast
5	Commissioners of Irish Lights Buoys	Coastal	Link	Commissioners of Irish Lights	Whole Island	CC-BY 4.0	Location and other info on coastal buoys I [https://www.openstreetmap.org/user/rorym/diary/4530 imported] that 8 years ago! ~~~
6	Cork City Parking	Transportation	Link	Cork City Council	Cork City	CC-BY 4.0	Location, capacity and operator of various parking facilities in Cork City
7	Ancient and Long-established Woodland Inventory 2010	Land Cover	Link	Dept of Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs	Rep. of Ireland	CC-BY 4.0	Polygons and other data on ancient woodlands
8	National Otter Survey of Ireland 2010-2011	Waterways	Link	Dept of Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs	Rep. of Ireland	CC-BY 4.0	Potential source of bridge, river and stream names and locations
9	Wicklow Mountains National Park Story Map Data	Parks	Link	Dept of Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs	Wicklow	CC-BY 4.0	Points of interest around Wicklow Mountains National Park
10	Ballycroy National Park (1) Story Map Data (2) Boundary Data	Parks	Link	Dept of Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs	Mayo	CC-BY 4.0	(1) points of interest around Ballycroy National Park (2) " ..planned to release the first of the boundary datasets as Open Data sets to data.gov.ie by Q3 of 2017" Open Data Unit  22/2/2017
11	Saltmarsh Monitoring Project 2006-2008	Coastal	Link	Dept of Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs	Rep. of Ireland	CC-BY 4.0	Saltmarsh locations around the coast
12	Special Areas of Conservation	Conservation	Link	Dept of Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs	Rep. of Ireland	CC-BY 4.0	SAC boundaries & names
13	Natural Heritage Areas	Conservation	Link	Dept of Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs	Rep. of Ireland	CC-BY 4.0	Natural Heritage Area (NHA) boundaries and names
14	National Monuments Service - Archaeological Survey of Ireland	Historical	Link	Dept of Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs	Rep of Ireland	CC-BY 4.0	Historical sites and features
15	National Survey of Native Woodlands 2003-2008	Land Cover	Link	Dept of Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs	Rep of Ireland	CC-BY 4.0	Boundaries, species of native woodlands
16	Inventory of Irish coastal lagoons 2007	Coastal	Link	Dept of Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs	Rep of Ireland	CC-BY 4.0	Lagoon names and boundaries
17	National survey and assessment of the conservation status of Irish sea cliffs	Coastal	Link	Dept of Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs	Rep of Ireland	CC-BY 4.0	polyline shapefile representing the locations of sections of cliffs in Ireland
18	Special Protection Areas	Conservation	Link	Dept of Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs	Rep of Ireland	CC-BY 4.0	SPA's for birds
19	Nature Reserves - Points of Interest	Conservation	Link	Dept of Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs	Rep of Ireland	CC-BY 4.0	POI's in nature reserves as well as owner and SI references
20	Monuments to Visit - points of interest	Historical	Link	Dept of Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs	Rep of Ireland	CC-BY 4.0	POI's and details on monuments
21	National Inventory of Architectural Heritage (NIAH) National Dataset	Historical	Link	Dept of Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs	Rep of Ireland	CC-BY 4.0	post-1700 architectural heritage
22	National Parks - Points of Interest	Parks	Link	Dept of Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs	Rep of Ireland	CC-BY 4.0	location and attribution information on Irelands National Parks
23	Crimes at Garda Stations	Public Services	Link	AiRO	Rep of Ireland	CC-BY 4.0	Includes, name, location, ref, and garda district for every garda station.
24	Maritime Limits Exclusive Economic Zone	Boundary	Link	Department of Communications, Climate Action & Environment	Rep of Ireland	CC-BY 4.0	Outer limit of the exclusive economic zone is the line every point of which lies at a distance of 200 nautical miles from the nearest point of the baseline.
25	Maritime Limits Irish Contiguous Zone	Boundary	Link	Department of Communications, Climate Action & Environment	Rep of Ireland	CC-BY 4.0	The marine boundary between 12NM and 24NM, is the jurisdiction to prevent and or punish infringement of customs, fiscal, immigration or sanitary laws
26	Maritime Limits Irish Internal Waters	Boundary	Link	Department of Communications, Climate Action & Environment	Rep of Ireland	CC-BY 4.0	Includes waterways such as rivers and canals, and sometimes the water within small bays.
27	Maritime Limits Irish Continental Shelf	Boundary	Link	Department of Communications, Climate Action & Environment	Rep of Ireland	CC-BY 4.0
28	Maritime Limits Irish Territorial Sea	Boundary	Link	Department of Communications, Climate Action & Environment	Rep of Ireland	CC-BY 4.0	The outer limit of the territorial seas is the line every point of which is at a distance of 12 nautical miles from the nearest point of the baseline
29	Maritime Limits Irish Baseline	Boundary	Link	Department of Communications, Climate Action & Environment	Rep of Ireland	CC-BY 4.0	The territorial sea extends out to 12 nautical miles from the baselines
30	Mineral Locations and 2014 Quarry Directory	Land Cover	Link	Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources	Rep of Ireland	CC-BY 4.0	Quarry location along with operation ifo etc. Note - Link is to old DCENR site. Update link from www.dcenr to www.dccae to get to landing page of downloads
31	Karst Features	Land Cover	Link	Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources	Rep of Ireland	CC-BY 4.0	Karst locations - Note - Link is to old DCENR site. Update link from www.dcenr to www.dccae to get to landing page of downloads
32	Data on Individual Schools	Education	Link	Department of Education and Skills	Rep of Ireland	Attributon?	Contact details, ethos, boy/girl mixes etc
33	General Election 2016 Constituency Details	Boundary	Link	Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government	Rep of Ireland	CC-BY 4.0	Names (EN & GA), seats, ref #'s of GE constituencies
34	Dublin City Public Cycle Parking Stands	Transportation	Link	Dublin City Council	Dublin City	CC-BY 4.0	Locations of Dublin City bicycle parking stands incl capacity, covered, type etc
35	Roads and Streets in Dublin City	Transportation	Link	Dublin City Council	Dublin City	CC-BY 4.0	Details on over 4,000 roads and streets in Dublin City. Dataset compiled by the Roads and Traffic Division Dublin City Council listing 4772 roads, street, lanes and bridges in the Dublin City council administrative area. Details include alphabetical listing of road names; street class (1-National primary, 2 National secondary, 3-Regional 4-7 local road);
36	Parking Meters location tariffs and zones in Dublin City	Transportation	Link	Dublin City Council	Dublin City	CC-BY 4.0	Transport and Infrasutcture Parking meters for Dublin City. 'Includes location, code, No of spaces per street
37	Conservation Areas and Architectural Conservation Areas (ACAs) - 2011-2017 Development Plan	Historical	Link	Dublin City Council	Dublin City	CC-BY 4.0	Conservation Areas and Architectural Conservation Areas (ACAs)
38	Dublin City Strategic Cycle Network	Transportation	Link	Dublin City Council	Dublin City	CC-BY 4.0	contains a spatial map of the network of existing strategic cycle routes in Dublin City
39	Dublin Wheel Chair Access Guide	Accessibility	Link	Dublin City Council	Dublin City	CC-BY 4.0	A guide to accessiblity facilities in Dublin i.e. businesses. Lists business name, address and contact details
40	Dublin Bus GPS sample data from Dublin City Council (Insight Project)	Transportation	Link	Dublin City Council	Dublin City	CC-BY 4.0	Bus GPS data across Dublin City. Bus routes and stops etc should be contained in this file however its a big one. the sample file alone for 1 month is 836mb's
41	Roads Maintenance Annual Works Programme	Transportation	Link	Dublin City Council	Dublin City	CC-BY 4.0	names and x,y coords for some roads in Dublin city. Might be useful if we compare to missing road names in OSM
42	Dublin City Council Administrative Area Maps	Boundaries	Link	Dublin City Council	Dublin City	CC-BY 4.0	5 administrative areas that together form the boundary of Dublin City Council
43	Dublin City Community Maps	Amenities	Link	Dublin City Council	Dublin City	CC-BY 4.0	A database of community related amenities in the Dublin City area. Dataset of 2,500+ amenities covering categories such as education, council facilities, places of worship, transport, sport & recreation etc
44	Street Lighting Dublin City	Addressing	Link	Dublin City Council	Dublin City	CC-BY 4.0	public lighting pole locations , with street ID s and address descriptors (e.g.utside House no., opposite house no.) and Location co-ordinates
45	Art in the Parks - A Guide to Sculpture in Dublin City Council Parks	Parks	Link	Dublin City Council	Dublin City	CC-BY 4.0	Location of sculptures in public parks with name, detailed description and photographs
46	Walk Dublin Wayfinding Data	Parks	Link	Dublin City Council	Dublin City	CC-BY 4.0	The JSON file contains the POI dataset with attributes: name, address, geocode, description and phone number.
47	Dublin City Centre Litter Bin Survey	Amenities	Link	Dublin City Council	Dublin City	CC-BY 4.0	location of street litter bins in Dublin City Centre
48	dublinbikes	Transportation	Link	Dublin City Council	Dublin City	Open Licence	Dublin Bikes real time and static data
49	Register of car sprayers and dry cleaners using solvents in industrial process	Addressing	Link	Dublin City Council	Dublin City	CC-BY 4.0	Addresses for many businesses around Dublin
50	Dublin City Boundary - 2011-2017 Development Plan	Boundaries	Link	Dublin City Council	Dublin City	CC-BY 4.0	City Boundary maps for the 2011-2017 Dublin City Development Plan
51	Dublin City Libraries Accessibility Audit	Accessibility	Link	Dublin City Council	Dublin City	CC-BY 4.0	contains a list of Dublin City branch library addresses, the number of floor within the building and an audit checklist indicating whether these libraries are accessible for people with disabilities and if they have publicly accessible toilets.
52	Residential Permit Parking Area in Dublin City Council	Transportation	Link	Dublin City Council	Dublin City	CC-BY 4.0	contains list of roads where both residential parking permits and pay and display systems apply
53	On Street Disabled Parking Bay in Dublin City Council area	Transportation	Link	Dublin City Council	Dublin City	CC-BY 4.0	outlines the disabled parking bays on streets and roads with the Dublin City Council administrative area. Fields include index, streetname, postal code, no of disabled spaces at that location, location/nearest street adress.
54	Benefacts Database of Irish Nonprofits	Services	Link	Benefacts	Rep of Ireland	CC-BY 4.0	Contains address info for 18,000 non-profits in Ireland
55	DLR Pitches	Sport	Link	Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council	DLR Area	CC-BY 4.0	includes grass and synthetic surfaces. Sports included are GAA, Soccer, Rugby and others. It includes a number, size and its location (Lat/Long).
56	DLR Arts Venues	Culture	Link	Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council	DLR Area	CC-BY 4.0	contains the names of Arts Venues in Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown area and includes their locations (Lat/Long).
57	DLR Sculpture Trail Map	Parks	Link	Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council	DLR Area	CC-BY 4.0	Information about public sculptures and monuments in Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown. No coords though updated file requested from DLR CoCo
58	DLR Refuse Bins Locations	Services	Link	Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council	DLR Area	CC-BY 4.0	These files contain the location of refuse bins within Dún Laoghaire Rathdown Co Co area
59	DLR Public Lighting	Services	Link	Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council	DLR Area	CC-BY 4.0	contains point data indicating the location of the lights and their Reference number (Equip_No)
60	DLR Landscape Maintenance & Additional Sites	Parks	Link	Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council	DLR Area	CC-BY 4.0	contains sites that are maintained by Parks and Landscape Section for DLR
61	DLR Parking Tag Information	Transportation	Link	Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council	DLR Area	CC-BY 4.0	A description of the parking locations in Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council's Administrative Area and the associated 'Parkingtag' reference codes.
62	DLR Casual Trading Locations	Business	Link	Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council	DLR Area	CC-BY 4.0	Casual Trading Locations in Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown. GIS format requested
63	DLR Offices and Depots	Amenities	Link	Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council	DLR Area	CC-BY 4.0	link to file is currently borked. ODU contacted to resolve
64	DLR Martello Towers - Location & Gun Range	Historical	Link	Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council	DLR Area	CC-BY 4.0
65	DLR War Memorials	Historical	Link	Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council	DLR Area	CC-BY 4.0	includes the location, address and a unique identifier for each of the memorials. The data is in shp.zip format and is in ITM projection.
66	DLR Local Electoral Areas	Boundaries	Link	Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council	DLR Area	CC-BY 4.0	Local Electoral Area boundaries for Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown
67	Parking Areas and Tag Meters in DLRCC	Transportation	Link	Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council	DLR Area	CC-BY 4.0	Download link asks for login to Dublinked. ODU contacted to resolve
68	DLR Fire Stations	Services	Link	Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council	DLR Area	CC-BY 4.0	Location of Fire Stations in the Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown Administrative area.
69	DLR Commercial Parking Locations Numbers and Charges	Transportation	Link	Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council	DLR Area	CC-BY 4.0	Details list the locations & charges. In a separate file the number of spaces, in these various locations, is detailed. There is no co-ordinate data provided with this data.
70	DLR Libraries	Services	Link	Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council	DLR Area	CC-BY 4.0	Location of Libraries in the Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown Administrative area.
71	DLR County Council Parking Meters	Transportation	Link	Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council	DLR Area	CC-BY 4.0	Location of parking meters in the Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown Administrative area.
72	ACA Boundaries	Historical	Link	Fingal County Council	Fingal Area	CC-BY 4.0	Architectural Conservation Areas in Fingal Architectural Conservation Areas in Fingal'Spatial Projection: WGS84
73	Train Stations	Transportation	Link	Fingal County Council	Fingal Area	CC-BY 4.0	Location of train stations with contact information.'Spatial Projection: WGS84
74	Fire Stations	Services	Link	Fingal County Council	Fingal Area	CC-BY 4.0	Location of Fire Stations with contact information.

Address info in datasets

The following datasets are already listed above as potentials for import however the list below shows which ones contain useful information in relation to addressing

Name of dataset	Link	See also	Link
Benefacts Database of Irish Nonprofits	Link
Primary Schools	Link	Data on Individual Schools	Link
Post Primary Schools	Link	Data on Individual Schools	Link
Dublin Wheel Chair Access Guide	Link
Street Lighting Dublin City	Link
Register of car sprayers and dry cleaners using solvents in industrial process	Link