National Statistics / 2014 70% open

What data is expected?

Key national statistics such as demographic and economic indicators (GDP, unemployment, population, etc). To satisfy this category, the following minimum criteria must be met:

• GDP for the whole country updated at least quarterly
• Unemployment statistics updated at least monthly
• Population updated at least once a year

What data is available

•   Openly licensed? No (No URL given)
•   Is the data available for free? Yes
•   Is the data machine readable? Yes (CSV, TSV, px, txt, xls, html, Beyond 20/20,)
•   Available in bulk? Yes
•   Is the data provided on a timely and up to date basis? 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 data in digital form? Yes
•   Is the data available online? Yes (Here)
•   Does the data exist? 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/

Reviewer comments

I reveiwed the submission, I verified the data formats, I added the description, I contacted the publisher re- bulk and was pointed to the linked datasets. Accessing some data in a bulk download is not feasible, only large corporations could handle the volume of the data from the CSO, it will be important to qualify this response per data type.