Organisation
Under the Ordnance Survey Ireland Act 2001, the status of the former Ordnance Survey of Ireland was changed from an executive agency of the Department of Finance to a state agency called Ordnance Survey Ireland, and ceased to be part of the civil service of Ireland. OSI is now an autonomous agency, with a remit to cover its costs of operation from its sales of data and derived products, which has sometimes raised concerns about the mixing of public responsibilities with commercial imperatives. It employs 320 staff in the Phoenix Park and in six regional offices in Cork, Ennis, Kilkenny, Longford, Sligo and Tuam. OSI had sales in 2010 of €20.3 million.
The body is governed by a board appointed by the Minister for Finance.
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