Reuse of Public Sector Information (PSI)

Re-use of Public Sector Information (PSI)
Kilkenny County Council is subject to the Re-use of Public Sector Information Regulations 2005 (SI 279 of 2005). The regulations are available at www.psi.gov.ie

Copyright
All rights to design, text, graphics and other material on this website are the copyright of Kilkenny County Council or other third parties.
Material provided by any third party. including links to other websites from this site is likely to be copyright of the author. Permission to copy or use any such material must be obtained from the author.

Policy Statement on Release of Data
Information posted on this website may be downloaded and re-used free of charge without application, subject to the terms and conditions of the latest PSI licence available at www.psi.gov.ie
and to the following exceptions:-

Photographs and artwork of any kind;
Brochures, leaflets or other documents whose author is not Kilkenny County Council. These items should include a logo or information about the author - for example, the Planning leaflet series from the Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government is included in this website for public information purposes - these leaflets were created by the Department which retains copyright for the material;
Documents, plans, maps, drawings, sketches, photographs etc. which are posted on the website for the purposes of enabling the material to be inspected at another time or place or to otherwise facilitate public inspection, (for example plans, maps, drawings submitted in connection with planning applications or as part of an application for a service, grant, licence etc.);
Other maps of any kind;
Any other documents/information in respect of which third parties hold intellectual property rights, including copyright; Intellectual property rights are likely to be held for material provided by a third party, including links to other websites from this site.

Please note that information and documents obtained from this website may only be reproduced and/or re-used subject to the latest PSI licence available at www.psi.gov.ie

Public Sector Information owned by Kilkenny County Council which is not available on the website maybe applied for by writing to:

Ms. Catherine Cooney,
Freedom of Information Officer,
Kilkenny County Council,
County Hall,
John Steet,
Kilkenny

E-mail: catherine.cooney@kilkennycoco.ie

The application must be for the release of documents for re-use and must state clearly that the request is for the re-use of public sector information. The classes of data available are listed in Kilkenny County Council's Freedom of Information Section 15 manual.

Section 15 Manual

The Council will only supply data covered by the Regulations in pre-existing format or language.

As well as data protected by intellectual property rights, the Regulations do not provide for the release of personal data or information protected under the Freedom of Information Act. The Regulations do not permit the release of information in a manner that is otherwise prohibited by law.

Kilkenny County Council is not obliged by the Regulations to release documents for re-use. However, any information released will be subject to terms and conditions of the latest PSI licence available at www.psi.gov.ieand such other terms and conditions as Kilkenny County Council deem appropriate.

Kilkenny County Council is not liable for any loss or liability associated with the re-use of information and does not certify that the information is up-to-date or error free. The Council does not authorise any user to have exclusive rights to re-use the information.

Charges:

Charges for any documents not available on the website will reflect the cost incurred by Kilkenny County Council in the production, collation, reproduction and dissemination of the information.

where charges are made in respect of search, retrieval and copying of documents the following charges will apply.

€20.95 per hour in respect of the time spent in producing, collecting and reproducing the information for re-use.
€0.04 per photocopy.
€10.16 for a CD-ROM
Details of the charges will be given to the applicant before the information is released.

All charges must be paid before any documents/information will be released.