Collaboration between Statistical Institute and Data Archive to disseminate anonymised data files in Ireland

John B HowardHead, Irish Social Science Data Archive

What is the Irish Social Science Data Archive?

ISSDA is Ireland’s leading centre for quantitative data acquisition, preservation, and

dissemination. Its mission is to ensure wide access to quantitative datasets in the social sciences, and to advance the promotion of

international comparative studies of the Irish economy and Irish society.

History & Context

• Established 2002, PRTLI funding• UCD Geary Institute, 2002-2012• UCD Library, 2012-• CESSDA member, 2002-2013• CESSDA AG Service Provider, 2013-

Service Remit

• Access to anonymised microdata from a range of Data Providers

• ISSDA as “honest broker” or service proxy• Customer base: researchers (public & private

sector), academics theses, etc.• ISSDA as value added service provider

(document description & classification), data preservation, data format conversion services, etc.

YTD Service Statistics 2014

Role with Regard to CSO

CSO makes a range of official data available for redistribution to the academic and non-profit research sectors via ISSDA under the provisions of Section 34 of the Irish Statistics Act, 1993.• Census of Population• EU-Survey on Income and Living Conditions (EU-SILC,

Irish data only)• Household Budget Survey (HBS; formerly the Labour

Force Survey)• National Travel Survey (NTS)• Quarterly National Household Survey (QNHS)

Terms & Conditions

Data Provider LicenseData User AgreementCompliance to CSO Data Protocol for use of Anonmymised Microdata FilesStatutory limitations:• CSO data is available from ISSDA for non-commercial, social

science research only. Requests for any other use of the data must be directed to the CSO.

• Data requests for consultancy or commercial purposes should be directed to the CSO.

• Census data (SAPS and COPSAR) is only available from ISSDA for academic use in Ireland.