Digital Archiving

Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 9 September 2021

Thursday, 9 September 2021

Questions (267)

Rose Conway-Walsh

Question:

267. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media when she will report on the feasibility of establishing a digital legal deposit scheme for large-scale, systematic and sustained archiving of the Irish web domain as committed to in section 108 of the Copyright and Other Intellectual Property Law Provisions Act 2019; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41647/21]

Written answers

Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media

My Department is working with the National Library of Ireland (NLI) on exploring the feasibility of expanding the NLI’s capacity to establish a digital legal deposit scheme to serve as a web archive for the .ie domain and work is ongoing.

There are differing viewpoints on the introduction of digital legal deposit and it is important that consultations incorporate all viewpoints.  It is hoped to bring forward a report in the coming months.