Under the AIE Regs to request the following records in relation to OPW compliance with the Open Data Directive.
1. Any data audits conducted by or for OPW to identify environmental datasets under the Open Data Directive
a. The Flood Risk Management programme has carried out an audit of datasets and developed a Data Release Policy and Data Catalogue with metadata for each dataset. This is currently in use internally and it is planned to make a subset of the data available externally for open access. In the meantime, a full list of Flood Risk Management related spatial datasets and their applicable release policy and licences are available to view on https://www.floodinfo.ie/contact/ See also Schedule of Documents for a direct link.
b. No audits have been carried out in the Estate Management Programme and in Corporate Services.
2. Directive 2019/1024/EU introduces the concept of high value datasets (HVDs). Please list any HVDs identified by OPW
a. The EU Commission has recently published an Implementing Regulation relating to High Value Datasets on 21st December 2022. [The] Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union. It shall apply from 16 months after entry into force of this Regulation. Press release: https://digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu/en/news/commission-defines-high-value-datasets-be-made-available-re-use Regulation: https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=CELEX:32023R0138&from=EN
b. The OPW has not acted on this regulation to date.
c. The OPW publishes the Iris Oifigiul on behalf of the Government. Iris Oifigiul is likely to be identified as a HVD of national significance. The current version of Iris Oifigiul is a one or two star open data resource.
3. Under Regulation 4 of SI 376/2021 all Departments/Offices and relevant bodies under their aegis are obliged to supply to the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform with information as requested from time to time, such as open data progress reports. Provide copies of the OPW progress reports as supplied to PER.
a. See attached report dated 25th January 2023
4. All Departments/Offices and relevant bodies under their aegis must assign responsibility to an officer for matters arising under these Regulations in line with the national Open Data Strategy. Please provide contacts for any Open Data officers appointed at OPW from 2021 to date
a. Vincent Hussey, Assistant Chief Engineer, Flood Risk Management Data Services and Flood Relief Design. opendata@opw.ie
5. In line with Regulation 13 of SI 376/2021, the details of any new exclusive arrangements being entered into must be published online at least two months before they come into force. Please provide list of any exclusive arrangements agreed to date by OPW
a. None
6. Any exemptions sought by OPW to the release of open data, and which datasets these exemptions related to
a. A full list of Flood Risk Management related spatial datasets and their applicable release policy and licences are available to view on https://www.floodinfo.ie/contact/ . Many datasets are published under the CC-BY license, however some Flood related data published via www.floodinfo.ie are licensed under the CC-BY-NC-ND license https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.0/legalcode because of their commercial sensitivity. This data shows risk at community level. Individual property owners and occupiers could be significantly disadvantaged by the release of this data through loss of access to financial services (e.g. Insurance and Mortgage Credit).
7. Public Bodies must draft an Open Data Publication Plan. Provide a copy of any OPW draft or completed open data plans to date
a. See Flood Risk Management Data Policy, noting that it is the OPW’s policy to publish on the internet much of the data that it creates and collects in relation to Flood Risk Management as a matter of routine. Technical solutions are continuously reviewed and implemented to provide direct access to the data, where licenses permit.
8. All public bodies need to publish details of what data is available for re-use and the licencing conditions that apply (CC BY 4.0 Attribution advised). Please provide a list of (where this differs from data audit list, see above)
a. The is a link to an Open Data page on the OPW home page on www.gov.ie at https://www.gov.ie/en/organisation/office-of-public-works/
b. The Open Data page at https://www.gov.ie/en/organisation-information/0fecc-open-data/
c. The currently published list is available here: https://data.gov.ie/organization/office-of-public-works
d. In addition, OPW lidar data is published through the GSI managed Open Topographic Data Viewer https://dcenr.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=b7c4b0e763964070ad69bf8c1572c9f5
e. Other data may be requested through flood_data@opw.ie or opendata@opw.ie
f. The OPW maintains a number of libraries, including the collections at the National Botanic Gardens, and archives containing items of cultural heritage. The OPW maintains several libraries, students and researchers are welcome to contact the OPW library at library@opw.ie for details on library holdings.
g. A full list of Flood Risk Management related spatial datasets and their applicable release policy and licences are available to view on https://www.floodinfo.ie/contact/ . Many datasets are also displayed in map-centric format or as report pages on the OPW’s National Flood Information Portal, which can be used by the public subject to accepting the website Terms and Conditions.
h. The National Botanic Gardens make a number of datasets available on their website: http://botanicgardens.ie We conduct research and gather information on our collections on various databases. We already have our living collection lists on our website along with previous publications concerning the contents of the herbarium (dried plant) Collection. We host the Tree Register of Ireland at the Botanic Gardens, which falls under the Tree Council, a subset of these were formerly available on the Tree Council’s website.
9. Copy of OPW’s RPSI Policy (RPSI is Reuse of Public Sector Information)
a. See https://www.gov.ie/en/organisation-information/0fecc-open-data/