Pippa Hackett (Green Party) | Oireachtas source

The Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media has been working closely with the National Library on establishing the deposit scheme to serve as a web archive for the .ie domain. This process requires consultation with all the relevant stakeholders and consideration of aspects of intellectual property and data protection. A draft report on the feasibility of establishing a digital legal deposit scheme to serve as web archive for the .ie domain contents has been prepared and the proposed legislative amendments to provide a comprehensive digital legal deposit are now under consideration.

I understand it is hoped a report will be brought forward in the coming months. That is the detail I have but I will follow up on that with the Minister, Deputy Martin, on the Senator’s behalf.