A: We are entirely dependent on social media to spread this campaign. Help us spread the word - join us on Facebook and share with your friends; tweet a link to this campaign and get more people involved. Thanks so much!

A: We'll bring KildareStreet back to life, with new records from the start of term, fresh RSS feeds, and a resumption of email alerts. Switching from XML to direct scraping of data may also mean a few more services become possible, including publication of voting records.

A: Rather than depending on the Houses of Oireachtas to begin re-publishing the XML we have used to generate records for the past three years, the new parser will scrape the data KildareStreet.com needs directly from the Oireachtas website.

A: On September 18th, 2012, with no warning or published statement of intent, a significant change to the Houses of Oireachtas website housing the public record of Dail and Seanad debates was made when publication of XML data ceased. This effectively killed KildareStreet.com for the foreseeable future.

What is KildareStreet.com? KildareStreet.com is Ireland’s largest open data project to date. The site makes it not only easy for people to keep tabs on their elected representatives in the Houses of the Oireachtas, but actually possible for them to do this - quickly, clearly, and electronically - for the first time ever in the history of the Republic.

What does the site do? KildareStreet a non-partisan website which provides a readable copy of the parliamentary record, allows voters to finally search for and find information within it, get RSS feeds for TDs and Senators and set up email or RSS alerts for people or search terms. It also allows active commenting by visitors on what was said.

How is KildareStreet funded? KildareStreet receives no government funding and has been run for three and a half years on a single private fundraising bequest of €5,800, raised from 67 heroic private citizens in 2009. We are hoping there are a few more heroes out there to help us rebuild for the future and keep KildareStreet alive.