Alternate title

INSPIRE National Air Management Zones and Agglomerations

Date (Creation)

2018-10-08

Date (Revision)

2022-01-24

Date (Publication)

2018-10-08

Citation identifier

EPA / AM.IE.EPA.AirQualityManagementZone

Citation identifier

EPA / AM.AirQualityManagementZone

Purpose

Management of the national ambient air quality network.

Status

Completed

Point of contact

Organisation name	Individual name	Electronic mail address	Role
Environmental Protection Agency		gis@epa.ie	Point of contact

Maintenance and update frequency

As needed

GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0

• Area management/restriction/regulation zones and reporting units

INSPIRE priority data set

• Management zones and agglomerations (Air Quality Directive)

Spatial scope

• National

General Multilingual Environmental Thesaurus - Concepts, version 4.1.3

• air quality

• air quality monitoring

• air quality management

• atmospheric monitoring

• atmospheric pollution

Environmental Protection Agency

• air monitoring

• ambient air quality

• particulate matter

• nitrogen dioxide

Place

• Ireland

Specific usage

Area management/restriction/regulation zones and reporting units INSPIRE

User contact info

Organisation name	Individual name	Electronic mail address	Role
Environmental Protection Agency		gis@epa.ie	User

Access constraints

Other restrictions

Other constraints

no limitations to public access

Use constraints

Other restrictions

Other constraints

no conditions to access and use

Other constraints

CC BY 4.0

Other constraints

This layer is published under the terms of the license Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0). [ https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ ]

Spatial representation type

Vector

Denominator

50000

Language

English

Character set

UTF8

Topic category

• Environment
• Health

Supplemental Information

Reporting obligation for: (B) Information on zones and agglomerations (Article 6) https://rod.eionet.europa.eu/obligations/670

Eionet Central Data Repository http://cdr.eionet.europa.eu/ie/eu/aqd/b

More Information About Data http://www.epa.ie/air/quality/monitor/#.VbDTb_lVhBd

Download Data files https://gis.epa.ie/GetData/Download

View Data https://gis.epa.ie/EPAMaps/

REST service: http://gis.epa.ie/arcgis/rest/services/EPAMapServices/AirQuality/MapServer/0?f=pjson

Unique resource identifier

EPSG:29902 (TM65 / Irish Grid))

Unique resource identifier

EPSG:4258 (ETRS89 geographical coordinates)

Distribution format

Name	Version
gml+xml	3.2

Distributor contact

Organisation name	Individual name	Electronic mail address	Role
Environmental Protection Agency		gis@epa.ie	Point of contact

OnLine resource

Protocol	Linkage	Name
OGC Web Map Service	https://www.inspire.gov.ie/geoserver/inspire_epa/wms?service=wms&version=1.3.0&request=GetCapabilities	DHLGH Ireland INSPIRE View Service WMS
ATOM Syndication Format	https://epa-inspire-atom.s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/files/atomEPA_INSPIRE_Ireland.xml	DHLGH Ireland INSPIRE Download Service ATOM

Hierarchy level

Dataset

Statement

The polygon geometry was digitised initially following descriptions set out in the Air Quality Regulations 2011 (SI 180 of 2011) and amended by the EPA on 1 January 2013 following a review.The EPA outline the areas to be included in Zone A, Zone B and Zone C. The remaining area of Ireland is classed as Zone D. The EPA uses Electoral Districts to outline the areas to be included in each Zone. The polygon geometry was taken from the Electoral Districts geometry. Each ED listed was selected and dissolved together. Zones A, B and C polygons were then used to erase sections of the Republic of Ireland polygon which then became Zone D. The name of each zone it provided in the regulations. Spatial Accuracy: The geometry is taken from three Ordnance Survey Ireland datasets, Electoral Districts, refer to the metadata for details.

Metadata

File identifier

769de6e5-74b6-4441-9e31-145a3cf4b601 XML

Metadata language

English

Character set

UTF8

Hierarchy level

Dataset

Date stamp

2025-09-24T14:05:37.687Z

Metadata standard name

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) Nº 1205/2008 of INSPIRE Directive

Metadata standard version

TG 2.0

Metadata author

Organisation name	Individual name	Electronic mail address	Role
Environmental Protection Agency		gis@epa.ie	Point of contact