Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 3 May 2023
192. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the progress, at the level of her Department, in relation to the creation of a digital legal deposit infrastructure to support digital collecting at the level of the national collection; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20473/23]
View answerMy Department is continuing to work 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 that work is ongoing.
The NLI has completed a detailed review of relevant legislation and web archiving initiatives across all EU Member states. This information is currently being compiled into a summary report which will form the basis of engagement with relevant stakeholders which is expected to commence shortly by the NLI.
There are differing viewpoints on the introduction of digital legal deposit and I consider that it is important that we incorporate all viewpoints as far as possible, going forward.
