CIMES - Ireland

Access to microdata for scientific purposes 

in European countries

Access to microdata for scientific purposes in Ireland

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Contact

Name of the microdata access service

Central Statistics Office - CSO

Postal address

Skehard Road,
Cork T12 X00E (Ireland)

Email

information@cso.ie / eolas@cso.ie

Website

http://www.cso.ie

Access conditions

General conditions

Anonymised microdata files (AMF) are available for non-commercial research purposes. For scientific use files (called Research Data Files, RDF), researcher status must be proven.

Conditions for non-resident researchers

Non-resident researchers can obtain AMFs.
Access to RDFs is determined by the Statistics Act 1993. As this is national legislation, access can only be granted within the state boundaries. There are no restrictions on nationality provided the information is accessed within the state boundaries.

Conditions for students

Post-graduate students are eligible (no undergraduates)

Legal framework

Statistics Act, 1993. AMFs: Section 34 of the Act. RMFs: Sections 20(c), 32, 33, 38, 39, 42(1), 42(2) and 44.

How much does it cost?

Free of charge

How long does it take to obtain data?

AMF are provided under 5 days in average
RDF are provided under 10 working days in average.

Information on access

CSO procedures for data access: https://www.cso.ie/en/aboutus/lgdp/csodatapolicies/dataforresearchers/c…
Data access at ISSDA: http://www.ucd.ie/issda/data/

Types of microdata available for Ireland

Public Use Files (PUF)

N/A

Scientific Use Files (SUF)

Anonymised datafiles (AMF) are provided through ISSDA (Irish Social Science Data Archive) under formal contract arrangement (available online). Data are distributed on CD.
Research datafiles (RDF) are provided directly by CSO.
A form has to be submitted online. Researchers must be appointed as Officers of Statistics, sign a Declaration of Secrecy and agree to abide by the Standard Agreement.
Researchers can either use the secure data centre at CSO’s premises or access data “off site” with a CD at their own place (secure conditions required).

Secure Use Files (SecUF)

N/A

Access to microdata by type of person

 

Public Use Files

Scientific Use Files

Secure Use Files

Public

N/A

N/A

N/A

Students

N/A

N/A

N/A

PhD students

N/A

N/A

N/A

Researchers

N/A

N/A

N/A

Foreign researchers

N/A

N/A

N/A

Modes of access by microdata type

 

Public Use Files

Scientific Use Files

Secure Use Files

Online access

N/A

N/A

N/A

For download

N/A

N/A

N/A

Onsite access

N/A

N/A

N/A

Remote access

N/A

N/A

N/A

Remote execution

N/A

N/A

N/A

 

Microdatasets available for Ireland

Other access points in Europe

Disclaimer

The pages above provide information on microdata disseminated at the national level by the statistical institutes in the European countries and on microdata disseminated by Eurostat.  The pages describe the data and the procedures for requesting access as well as the available types of microdata files (Public Use Files, Scientific Use Files, and Secure Use Files).

This information was initially collected by CASD/GENES for the CIMES database developed for Data without Boundaries project (funded by the 7th Framework Programme, the EU's research funding programme between 2007 and 2013). CIMES stands for Centralising and Integrating Metadata from European Statistics. Various organisations (ADP, CED, CNRS-Réseau Quetelet, FORS, GESIS, RODA, ONS, and UL) contributed to the creation of CIMES by collecting and structuring the metadata for the period of the Data without Boundaries project (2011-2015). In 2021, Eurostat moved the CIMES database to the CROS platform to facilitate updates of countries' information. Eurostat would like to thank all CIMES developers, especially CASD, for sharing the CIMES database and for all efficient collaboration.