Information on national environmental and security-related programmes and activities is available on the following websites:

• Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government, www.environ.ie (English only)
• Environmental Protection Agency, www.epa.ie (English only)
• Department of Foreign Affairs, http://foreignaffairs.gov.ie/ (English only)
• Irish Marine Institute, www.marine.ie (English only)

Two institutional bodies are involved as core users in GMES Services Element:

• The Geological Survey of Ireland participates in TerraFirma.
• The Irish Environmental Protection Agency is involved in PROMOTE.

Ireland participates in organisations whose activities are potentially relevant to GMES:

• European Space Agency (ESA)
• European Environmental Agency (EEA)
• European Environmental Bureau (EEB)
• European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC)
• European component of Global Ocean Observing System (EUROGOOS)
• European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF)
• The Network of European Meteorological Services (EUMETNET)