Home // ICDS 2023, The Seventeenth International Conference on Digital Society // View article
Authors:
Theo Lynn
Jennifer Kennedy
Pierangelo Rosati
Grace Fox
Colm O'Gorman
Declan Curran
Kate Hynes
Keywords: open data; Public Sector Information; PSI, open government; open government data; e-government; local government; local authorities
Abstract:
—The 2019 European Union (EU) Open Data Directive requires that public sector data should be open by design and by default. The EU Digital Economy & Society Index ranked Ireland as second in terms of data maturity amongst the EU Member States. In Ireland, local government is administered by 31 local authorities. In light of the Open Data Directive being transposed into Irish law in 2021, this paper explores the commitment of local authorities in the Republic of Ireland to the provision of open data by examining their activity on data.gov.ie, the Irish national data portal, and the treatment of open data in local authority corporate plans and digital strategies. We find preliminary evidence of a disconnect between national policy and local government activities and a potential urban rural divide with respect to local government open data provision.
Pages: 39 to 43
Copyright: Copyright (c) IARIA, 2023
Publication date: April 24, 2023
Published in: conference
ISSN: 2308-3956
ISBN: 978-1-68558-077-3
Location: Venice, Italy
Dates: from April 24, 2023 to April 28, 2023