Enda Kenny (Mayo, Fine Gael)
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Question 843: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if the national spatial data infrastructure project is fully implemented; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10099/06]

Dick Roche (Wicklow, Fianna Fail)
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To facilitate the implementation of an Irish spatial data infrastructure, ISDI, my Department is currently preparing a draft policy framework document for consideration by Government later this year. The framework will deal with a wide variety of issues related to the establishment of an ISDI, including basic principles, standards, data issues, finances, legal matters, including intellectual property rights, publicity and consultation, research and development, organisational issues and implementation arrangements.

An ISDI working group comprising representatives from Ordnance Survey Ireland, the Central Statistics Office, Land Registry, Local Government Computer Services Board and academics-researchers with expertise in the field was established to advise my Department on ISDI matters. The group has been providing valuable input into the ISDI policy preparation process.