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EnvironmentWFD Ground Water Bodies intersecting with WFD Designated Salmonid Waters under S.I. No. 293/1988 - European Communities (Quality of Salmonid Waters) Regulations 1988, 14th August 1988
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EnvironmentThis is a point data set of the location of urban waste water emission points. In terms of usage of this dataset please note that there is a period of time between when emission locations are licensed and when they appear in this dataset.
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This file contains original variables from Theme 1 Population from Census 2011 and a series of additional variables produced by AIRO such as percentage rates, ratios etc. The file includes data on Total Population, Gender, Age Groups and Dependency Ratios for the 18,488 Small...
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The location of monitoring points from Waste facilities (EPA Licensed, applied, closed etc.) In terms of usage of this dataset please note that there is a period of time between when a monitoring point is licensed and when it appears in this dataset.
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This dataset contains all the overall interim transitional waterbody status results, monitored as part of the EU Water Framework Directive (2000/60/EC) objectives to achieve or maintain at least good ecological status and good chemical status by 2015.
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Department of Communications, Climate Action & Environment commissioned Offshore Renewable Energy Development Plan Strategic Environmental Assessment boundary of full assessment area for tidal, wave and wind assessments
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Marine Strategy Framework Directive Marine WatersEnvironmentThe Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD) Assessment Area is the geographic area management and reporting unit for Ireland's MSFD reporting. The Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD) is European legislation, which aims to protect the marine environment. It requires...
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This shows the urban areas where waste water discharges were a contributing factor to the poor classification of the bathing waters, as identified in the EPA’s annual Bathing Water Quality in Ireland Report. When bathing waters are classified as poor it means that there is a...
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SIS SOIL:The new Irish Soil Information System concludes a 5 year programme, supported by the Irish Environmental Protection Agency (STRIVE Research Programme 2007-2013) and Teagasc, to develop a new 1:250,000 scale national soil map (http://soils.teagasc.ie). The Irish Soil...
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EnvironmentPhytoplankton are the autotrophic (self-feeding) components of the plankton community and a key part of oceans, seas and freshwater basin ecosystems. The name comes from the Greek words phyton, meaning plant and planktos, meaning wanderer or drifter. Most phytoplankton are too...
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This is a point dataset of the location of emission site facilities. These include Industrial Emissions (IE), Integrated Pollution Control (IPC) and Waste EPA licensed facilities.
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Dataset relating to WFD Ground Waterbody Approved Risk assigned to each feature by the Catchment scientists.
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EnvironmentWFD Ground Water Bodies intersecting with Designated Shellfish Zones under S.I. No. 55/2009 European Communities (Quality of Shellfish Waters) (Amendment) Regulations 2009
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This data collection activity covers baseline, geographical and temporal trend monitoring of heavy metals and chlorinated hydrocarbons in water from the marine chemistry monitoring programme. Data for water chemistry covers marine areas around Ireland and between Ireland and...
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EnvironmentThe location and areas where offshore non-renewable energy is taking place and due to begin production around Ireland. The main commercial fields include the Corrib field off the Belmullet Peninsula and the Kinsale field in the Celtic Sea.
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Seascape effects of wind turbines up to 24km from shoreline are downloadable as GIS shapefiles.SEAI commissioned a Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA), completed in 2010, to inform policy-making in the Offshore Renewable Energy Development Plan (OREDP). One set of SEA...
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Maritime Spatial Planning Directive Assessment AreaEnvironmentMaritime spatial planning is about planning when and where human activities take place at sea to ensure these are as efficient and sustainable as possible. Maritime spatial planning involves stakeholders in a transparent way in the planning of maritime activities. In July...
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The Wicklow Rock Art Project (W.R.A.P.) was established by the School of Archaeology, University College Dublin, in May 2012 as a pilot scheme to explore the potential of photogrammetry in rock art recording. 17 known rock art sites were recorded using this technique, which...
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EnvironmentThe EUNIS habitat classification is a comprehensive pan-European system to facilitate the harmonised description and collection of data across Europe through the use of criteria for habitat identification. It is hierarchical and covers all types of habitat types from natural...
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EU Water Framework Directive Transitional Waterbodies boundaries for Ireland. Transitional waters connect fresh waters such as rivers and marine waters, for example estuaries. The goal of The Water Framework Directive is to achieve a good status for all of Europe's surface...