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What data is expected?

Key national statistics such as demographic and economic indicators (GDP, unemployment, population, etc). Aggregate data (e.g. GDP for whole country at a quarterly level, or population at an annual level) is also considered acceptable in this data category. In general, answers of 'yes' in this category refers to entries with a reasonable amount of both economic and demographic information available.

What data is available

•   Does the data exist? Yes
•   Is data in digital form? Yes
•   Publicly available? Yes(as "The mandate of the CSO, as set out in that Act, is "The collection, compilation, extraction and dissemination for statistical purposes of information relating to economic, social and general activities and conditions in the State". The CSO is also responsible for coordinating the official statistics of other public authorities and for developing the statistical potential of administrative records." published by Central Statistics Office (CSO))
•   Is the data available for free? Yes
•   Is the data available online? Yes (Here)
•   Is the data machine readable? Yes (CSV, TSV, px, txt, xls, html, Beyond 20/20,)
•   Available in bulk? Yes
•   Openly licensed? No (No URL given)
•   Is the data provided on a timely and up to date basis? Yes

Details

There are multiple databases provided. Multiple data variables are selected from drop down menus and are then downloadable in mulitple formats.

Data pivot tables are also available in beyond 20/20 which is a norm for data users in this domain.

Data are also available as linked data http://data.cso.ie/

The data are available under two IP regimes and an access policy,

• "Statistics disseminated on this site are copyright of The Government of Ireland" http://www.cso.ie/en/aboutus/copyrightpolicy/ and "
• Re-use of Public Sector Information Statutory Instrument 279/2005 implementing EU Directive 2003/98/EC" http://www.cso.ie/en/aboutus/dissemination/re-useofpublicsectorinformation/
• Publication on the Web Policy http://www.cso.ie/en/aboutus/dissemination/publicationpolicyontheweb/