Written answers
Tuesday, 21 March 2006
Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
Geological Survey of Ireland
8:00 pm
Enda Kenny (Mayo, Fine Gael)
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Question 361: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if his Department facilitates the on-line provision and purchase of geological data earth resources information warehouse; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10093/06]
Noel Dempsey (Meath, Fianna Fail)
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Geological data is made available from three divisions of the Department, all of whom utilise on-line facilities for the provision of geological data to varying extent. The Geological Survey of Ireland, which is the national earth science organisation, provides data, maps, publications and services on line as well as downloads, web-based geographic information services and metadata, that is, data listings with contact information details. GSI, as part of its earth resource information warehouse project, is working towards the fuller on-line provision of data, including on-line purchasing. As part of this process, GSI will be launching a new website this year. It is the policy of GSI to provide information free of charge for bona fide research and educational purposes.
The exploration and mining division maintains an e-enabled minerals administration programme support system that allows free, on-line access to all non-confidential data held by EMD including company exploration reports, GIS data-sets and regulatory information. The petroleum affairs division provides on-line access to reports and concession maps as well as metadata listings of all its available data and how to obtain it from PAD's data agents.
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