Talk:Second address to Houses of the Oireachtas by Mary Robinson

@Jeepday: Would you please check the OTRS system for the permission and apply the requisite licence. Thanks. — billinghurst sDrewth 10:16, 12 March 2014 (UTC)

Copyright free

The office of the President of Ireland confirmed in correspondence that was verified by the OTRS ticket that "the President's speeches and remarks are a matter of public record and as such are copyright free." The Oireachtas (Irish parliament) also confirmed in correspendence that parliamentary debates "are a matter of public record there is no copyright attached to them." Perhaps an appropriate licencing template along the lines of {{PD-release}} (mutatis mutandis) should be created for use in works by Irish representatives to clarify the situation and to prevent licencing disputes. O'Dea (talk) 10:26, 12 March 2014 (UTC)

Something like ...

{{license
 | image    = PD-icon.svg
 | text     = This work of the Irish President, or the Oireachtas, is in the [[w:public domain|public domain]] as being a public record that has been released by the copyright holder.
 | image_r  = Coat of arms of Ireland.svg
 | category = PD-Ireland public record
}}

? — billinghurst sDrewth 12:49, 12 March 2014 (UTC)

Yes, that is exactly what I had in mind. I can't see any reason not to substitute that for the missing licence tags right away, since the President's office and Oireachtas have explicitly sanctioned it. The new tag should be documented by reference to the appropriate OTRS ticket. My redacted correspondence with the Presidency and Oireachtas two years ago are available for general review with no OTRS login required. O'Dea (talk) 21:48, 13 March 2014 (UTC)

Confirmed; the OTRS ticket communication says "As the Oireachtas debates are a matter of public record there is no copyright attached to them.". There is confirmation that there is no public notice of the lack of copyright. It is indicated that making the record public, removes copyright. Jeepday (talk) 11:39, 16 March 2014 (UTC)

Create template?

It seems there may be several works that O'Dea wants to post, so creating a template, might be best. I leave it to the users discression to create the template, and add the template to the work, or to copy the draft by billinghurst to the work. Jeepday (talk) 11:44, 16 March 2014 (UTC)

Now using {{PD-Ireland public record}} JeepdaySock (AKA, Jeepday) 19:15, 17 March 2014 (UTC)