Irish Spatial Data Exchange
Radon Risk Map of Ireland
This map shows a prediction of the number of the houses in any one area that are likely to have high radon levels. Those areas in red are most at risk from radon and are called High Radon Areas. The map is based on an analysis of indoor radon measurements plus geological information including, bedrock type, quaternary geology, soil permeability and aquifer type. The areas of the map in orange and yellow are areas of medium and low risk respectively..
Simple
- Alternate title
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EPA Radon Risk Map of Ireland
- Date (Creation)
- 2022-04-04T00:00:00
- Date (Publication)
- 2022-05-05T00:00:00
- Citation identifier
- HH.IE.EPA.RAD_RadonRiskMap
- Purpose
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The map shows the radon risk across the country in terms high, medium, and low. The map will be useful to National / Local Authorities and Agencies as to where to prioritise resources in reducing radon. The map is also a guide to householders as to the radon risk where they live. This map is the basis for the map that focusses on employers that sets out their requirements under S.I. 30 of 2019 and for the construction industry to meet the radon preventive measures requirements set out in Technical Guidance Document C.
S.I. 30 of 2019 defines a high radon area as an area where the Agency predicts that more than 10% of domestic dwellings in that area will have radon concentrations above the national reference level or such other area as the Agency may determine from time to time. High radon areas are shown in red on the map.
- Status
- Completed
- Point of contact
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Organisation name Individual name Electronic mail address Role Environmental Protection Agency
Radon Team
Point of contact
- Maintenance and update frequency
- Not planned
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GemetInspireTheme
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Human Health and Safety
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GEMET - Concepts, version 3.1
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radiation
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background radiation
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Environmental Protection Agency
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Radon Map
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radon
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radiological protection
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ISO 3166
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radon
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indoor radon
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high radon area
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reference level
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200 Bq/m3
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300 Bq/m3
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radiation
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employers
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workplaces
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construction industry
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new builds
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remediation
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bedrock geology
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aquifer type
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quaternary geology
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soil permability
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radon test
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radon risk
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radon risk map
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- Use limitation
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no limitations
- Use limitation
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Data is for public use under Creative Commons CC-By 4.0
- Access constraints
- License
- Use constraints
- License
- Other constraints
- Spatial representation type
- Vector
- Denominator
- 50000
- Language
- English
- Character set
- UTF8
- Topic category
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- Environment
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- Begin date
- 1989-01-03T00:00:00
- End date
- 1992-12-23T00:00:00
Vertical extent
- Minimum value
- 0
- Maximum value
- 1014
Vertical CS
Vertical datum
- Reference system identifier
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http://www.opengis.net/def/crs/EPSG/0/29902
EPSG Geodetic Parameter Dataset EPSG 2009-11-25
- Distribution format
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Name Version ESRI Shapefile
10.x
- Distributor contact
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Organisation name Individual name Electronic mail address Role Environmental Protection Agency
GIS Team
Publisher
- OnLine resource
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Protocol Linkage Name text/html
http://gis.epa.ie/GetData/Download Download Data
text/html
https://www.irishstatutebook.ie/eli/2019/si/30/made/en/pdf View Information
- OnLine resource
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Protocol Linkage Name application/json
http://gis.epa.ie/geoserver/EPA/ows?service=WFS&version=1.0.0&request=GetFeature&typeName=EPA%3ARadonRiskMapofIreland&maxFeatures=50&outputFormat=application%2Fjson GeoJSON
- OnLine resource
- OnLine resource
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Protocol Linkage Name text/html
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0048969717311713?via%3Dihub View Information
- OnLine resource
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Protocol Linkage Name text/html
https://gis.epa.ie/EPAMaps/ View Data
- Hierarchy level
- Dataset
Conformance result
- Title
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INSPIRE Data Specification on Human Health and Safety
- Alternate title
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INSPIRE Data Specifications v3.0
- Date (Publication)
- 2013-12-10
- Explanation
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The INSPIRE Directive or INSPIRE lays down a general framework for a Spatial Data Infrastructure (SDI) for the purposes of European Community environmental policies and policies or activities which may have an impact on the environment.
- Pass
- No
Conformance result
- Title
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COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) No 1089/2010 of 23 November 2010 implementing Directive 2007/2/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards interoperability of spatial data sets and services
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INSPIRE Interoperability Regulation
- Date (Publication)
- 2010-12-08
- Explanation
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Level of conformance with the COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) No 1089/2010 of 23 November 2010 implementing Directive 2007/2/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards interoperability of spatial data sets and services
- Pass
- No
- Statement
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The map is based on one published by Elio et al (2017). Details can be found here: Logistic regression model for detecting radon prone areas in Ireland - ScienceDirect
An independent validation of this methodology was carried out by the EPA Analytics team before the map was adopted. A report of this analysis is available from the EPA.
Metadata
- File identifier
- 3b2e9226-c40a-44c9-b4f0-7234c0810769 XML
- Metadata language
- English
- Character set
- UTF8
- Hierarchy level
- Dataset
- Date stamp
- 2023-04-14T14:51:13Z
- Metadata standard name
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ISDI Metadata Profile
- Metadata standard version
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1.2
- Metadata author
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Organisation name Individual name Electronic mail address Role Environmental Protection Agency
GIS Team
Point of contact
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