– Speech by Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, Mr Brendan Howlin TD at Open Data Event 30 June 2015

Speech by Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, Mr Brendan Howlin TD at Open Data Event 30 June 2015

Speech by the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, Mr Brendan Howlin, T.D. Open Data Event The Atrium, Department of Justice & Equality, 51 St Stephen’s Green 5.00pm, Tuesday 30 June 2015

Introduction and Purpose of event

Ladies and gentlemen. Welcome. I am delighted to open this evening’s Open Data event.

This evening’s event is important because it brings together representatives of each Open Data stakeholder group: citizens and civil society; business; researchers and academia; and Public Servants. It provides an opportunity to tell you what we’ve been doing, and to get your input to help us create a strategic vision for Open Data in Ireland. I want to invite you all to respond to the two public consultation processes that are underway, regarding:

A Foundation Document for the development of the Public Service Open Data Strategy; and
A Technical Framework to underpin the publication of datasets in open format on the portal gov.ie.

Reform Agenda

The challenge of building more open, transparent and accountable public governance in Ireland is one of my key objectives as Minister; and this is being achieved in terms of the range of reform initiatives currently being implemented across public bodies. The Open Data Initiative is a key part of these reform activities. It is closely aligned with the Public Service Reform Plan, the ICT Strategy, and the Civil Service Renewal Plan. It is also a core element of Ireland’s Open Government Partnership (OGP) National Action Plan which I launched in July 2014. Open Data is a particular interest of mine. I see it as the new basic resource of the 21^st century; and publishing it for re-use offers the possibility of real economic, social and democratic benefits.

Progress update
So what have we done since I launched the Initiative last July? A substantial work programme has been underway including:

the development of the draft Technical Framework and the Foundation document for the Open Data strategy which I mentioned
Auditing and publication of datasets
Further enhancement of the portal
Putting in place appropriate governance arrangements; and
A number of outreach, dissemination and capacity building seminars have taken place to raise awareness and to support public bodies as the concept of Open Data is still quite new.

I would like to talk about some of these in more detail.
Governance Arrangements
Ensuring good governance arrangements are in place is essential to ensure we publish Open Data that produces real benefits for stakeholders. I see two strands to this

the Public Bodies Working Group with the technical know-how to look after the nuts and bolts issues; and
an Open Data Governance Board (ODBG) to lead and drive the Initiative.

The Public Bodies Working Group, in place since October, has already made a huge contribution to the Initiative in terms of the development of the draft Technical Framework and the Strategy Foundation document, the development of an audit methodology, through publishing datasets and their participation and assistance at a number of seminars and other events. I would like to thank them for their commitment and the tremendous support they have provided to my officials. It shows the power of joined up working at its best.

The work done by this Group put the necessary foundation in place to allow the Initiative to progress. I believe that the timing is now right to establish the Governance Board to take the Initiative forward and realise our strategic vision. I am pleased to announce that Expressions of Interest are now being sought from suitably qualified persons for appointment to the Board. The advertisement booklet, which is available on the Public Appointments Service’s stateboards.ie website sets out the role of the Board and other key details required.

The Governance Board will report directly to me, will comprise members from public and private sector representatives and will be in place for at least two years. It will have a leadership role in progressing the Open Data Initiative including identifying opportunities to maximise the value of public sector data and information for long-term economic and social benefit.

Open Data Portal

The portal, data.gov.ie is central to the Initiative, providing a single source of access to official data in open format. This evening, we are launching a new version of the portal including developments that make it more searchable and improve its presentation and operation. Deirdre Lee from Derilinx, and part of the consortium providing technical expertise, will provide a demo shortly and outline the enhancements in detail.

The portal is the channel through which Open Data can be accessed; and today’s launch marks an important step. We have over 840 datasets linked to the portal now, including some from my own Department. By international standards, this is still a relatively small number, but I expect that number to increase over time as public bodies learn how to audit and publish datasets in line with the Framework.

For example, during July, the Ordnance Survey Ireland (OSi) will be releasing a number of Open Data products, including:

National Placenames Gazetteer (55,000 geo-referenced names)
National 1:1,000,000 mapping of Ireland, which could be used as a national level backdrop map to support many applications
National 1:250,000 mapping of Ireland, which would be ideal for a wide range of regional level uses; and
A National Statutory Boundary dataset, which will allow people to plot / publish their information data against the authoritative statutory boundary datasets for Ireland.

In the longer term, the OSi will work to release further datasets as Open Data, such as a national medium-scale road network and a national height model. I look forward to further co-operation between my Department and the OSi.

Technical Framework for Open Data

While the number of Open Data portals is growing worldwide, there is a concern that the data is not always available in high quality format with understandable context.

The Technical Framework is designed to address this concern by ensuring published datasets meet the required formats and standards and are published in a consistent, persistent and truly open way, making them more discoverable, accessible, interoperable and reusable.

The Framework comprises five key components:

An Open Data Licence – which was the subject of a public consultation earlier this year.
Formats
Metadata
Standards and
Unique Resource Identifiers

I would like to remind public bodies that they will need to examine the Framework and ensure they can comply with it in publishing their datasets. The Framework is a living document that will be expanded upon as technologies and practices evolve.

Foundation Document for the Open Data Strategy

As I mentioned, the work done so far ensures the technical elements are in place and positions us well for setting out a strategic vision for Open Data in Ireland, and to identify the actions required to achieve the vision.

The Foundation Document is intended to facilitate stakeholder input into the development of the Open Data Strategy, which will be delivered under the leadership of the Open Data Governance Board. Once finalised, the Open Data Strategy will help to achieve the objectives or uses which I referenced at the outset; and I would like to highlight some of those now.

The publication of high quality Open Data can help us to enhance and transform Public Services. This can in turn help to stimulate innovation and economic activity. I encourage the business sector to engage with the Open Data Initiative to explore how Open Data can lead to the development of new products and services; and drive growth and job creation.

As outlined in the Civil Service Renewal and Public Service Reform, public bodies need to treat data as a corporate asset. Open Data can help by transforming data management practices within public bodies; and improving evidence-based decision-making in public bodies, through the availability of better data quality, improving data analysis and facilitating data sharing.

The Strategy, underpinned by the Technical Framework, and oversight by the governance structures, will help to ensure that a consistent and coherent approach to Open Data is pursued across all public bodies. A lifecycle approach to Open Data will be taken, setting out the activities that are required in terms of data audits, developing publication plans, and publishing data via data.gov.ie. This process will be greatly assisted by the proposed partnership between my Department and the Central Statistics Office (CSO).

It is envisaged that the CSO will assist public bodies in the carrying out of data audits including in relation to the publication of statistical data (i.e. aggregating, hosting, and publishing in a suitable Open Data format). The CSO will also assist in identifying suitable pilot projects for Open Data as well as advising on building data analytics capability in public bodies. The CSO will assist in these matters through statisticians already in a number of Departments and through the secondment of an Open Data expert from the CSO to the Open Data Unit in my Department.

Conclusion

Citizen Participation is another key theme running through the Open Government Partnership Action Plan. The success of the Open Data Initiative depends on collaboration between all stakeholder groups and I am very pleased therefore to see you all here this evening to discuss Open Data in terms of its uses, and the challenges and opportunities in doing so; as well as to discuss the draft documents out for consultation. I look forward to hearing the outcome of your deliberations.

I invite you all to work with public bodies to identify specific domains, such as education or health, for release of high value datasets to ensure we are responsive to the needs of society in taking the Open Data Initiative forward. I know you have a busy evening ahead of you.
Enjoy the evening.

Thank you.

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