Terms of Use

PLEASE READ THE FOLLOWING TERMS AND CONDITIONS CAREFULLY. THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS (TOGETHER WITH THE DOCUMENTS THAT THEY REFER TO) SET OUT THE BASIS UPON WHICH YOU ARE ENTITLED TO ACCESS AND USE THE WEBSITE STS.TII.IE.

BY SING THE WEBSITE, YOU CONFIRM THAT YOU ACCEPT THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS (THE “TERMS OF USE”) AND THAT YOU AGREE TO COMPLY WITH THEM. IF YOU DO NOT AGREE WITH THESE TERMS OF USE, YOU MUST NOT USE THE WEBSITE.

Other Applicable Terms

Our Privacy Policy, which sets out the terms on which we process any personal data we collect from you, or that you provide to us, is incorporated into these Terms of Use. By using the Website, you consent to such processing and you warrant that all data provided by you is accurate.

Information About Us

This Website is a site operated by Transport Infrastructure Ireland (all references to “TII”, "we", "us" or "our" in these terms refer to Transport Infrastructure Ireland). Our main office is located at Parkgate Business Centre, Parkgate Street, Dublin 8, D08 DK10, Ireland. You can contact us by post, or by email at info@tii.ie.

Intellectual Property Rights

All content included on the Website, such as text, graphics, logos, button icons, images, audio clips and software is our property or the property of our licensors and is protected by applicable copyright and/or other intellectual property laws.

You acknowledge that you are only permitted to use any material contained on the Website as authorised by us and you further agree not to copy, reproduce, transmit, distribute or create derivative works of such material without our prior written authorisation.

Personal and Non-commercial Use Limitation

This Website is for your personal, non-commercial use. You may not modify, copy, distribute, transmit, display, perform, reproduce, publish, license, create derivative works from, transfer, or sell any information, software, products or service found on or obtained from the Website (collectively, "Website Information"); provided that you may download, reproduce, and retransmit Website Information solely for non-commercial purposes within your organisation. With the exception of the foregoing limited authorisation, no license or right in any copyright of TII or any other party is granted or conferred to you.

Disclaimer and Limitation of Liability

The content of the Website is provided as an information guide only. The Website is intended to enhance public access to information about the Government and its Departments. Whilst every effort has been made to ensure the accuracy of the information/material contained on the Website, TII assumes no responsibility for and gives no guarantees, undertakings or warranties concerning the accuracy, completeness or up to date nature of the information provided on the Website and does not accept any liability whatsoever arising from any errors or omissions. Although every effort is made to ensure the reliability of listed sites this cannot be taken as an endorsement of these sites.

The Website is provided on an "as is" and “as available” basis without warranties of any kind, either express or implied, including but not limited to warranties of title or implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, or non-infringement, other than those warranties which are imposed by and incapable of exclusion, restriction or modification under the laws applicable to these Terms of Use. YOUR USE OF THE WEBSITE IS AT YOUR OWN RISK. TO THE GREATEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, IN NO EVENT SHALL TII, ITS AGENTS, REPRESENTATIVES OR LICENSORS be liable for any LOSS OR INJURY OR ANY DAMAGES, either direct, indirect, punitive, special, incidental, consequential or otherwise, resulting from, or in any way connected to, the use of the Website or any Website Information, in each case regardless of whether such damages are based on contract, tort, strict liability, or any other theories of liability. YOU HEREBY WAIVE ANY AND ALL CLAIMS AGAINST TII, ITS AGENTS, REPRESENTATIVES AND LICENSORS ARISING OUT OF YOUR USE OF THE WEBSITE OR ANY WEBSITE INFORMATION.

Information You Upload

The Website may contain features that allow you to upload content, messages, materials or other items on the Website (“Upload Features”). If such Upload Features are available, you are solely responsible for your use of such Upload Features and use them at your own risk. By using any Upload Features, you expressly agree not upload any of the following:

• any message, data, information, text, music, sound, photos, graphics, code or other material (“Content”) that is unlawful, libelous, defamatory, obscene, pornographic, indecent, lewd, offensive, harassing, threatening, abusive, inflammatory, fraudulent, invasive of privacy or publicity rights or otherwise objectionable or inappropriate;
• content that may infringe any patent, trademark, trade secret, copyright or other intellectual or proprietary right of any party; or
• viruses, corrupted data or other harmful, disruptive or destructive files.

TII accepts no responsibility and is not liable for any Content of any kind that is posted, stored or uploaded by you or any third party on the Website, or for any loss or damage caused as a result thereof. Although TII has no obligation to screen, edit or monitor any of the Content posted to or distributed through any Upload Features, TII reserves the right, and has absolute discretion, to remove, screen or edit without notice any Content posted or stored on the Website at any time and for any reason, and you are solely responsible for creating backup copies of and replacing any Content you post or store on the Website at your sole cost and expense.

Any use of the Upload Features or other portions of the Website otherwise than in accordance with these Terms of Use may result in, among other things, termination or suspension of your access to the Upload Features and/or the Website. In order to comply with an order of a court of competent jurisdiction or to protect TII’s systems or users of the Website, TII may process and disclose any information held by TII in relation to a user of the Website who posts or uploads inappropriate or objectionable Content including, without limitation, their name, email address, IP address, usage history, and posted Content.

By posting or distributing Content to or through the Website, unless TII indicates otherwise, you:

• grant TII a nonexclusive, royalty-free, perpetual, transferable, irrevocable and fully sub-licensable right to use, reproduce, modify, adapt, translate, distribute, publish, create derivative works from and publicly display and perform such Content throughout the world in any media whatsoever;
• represent and warrant that the Content that you post or otherwise distribute (a) complies with these Terms of Use; (b) is accurate and not misleading; and (c) shall not expose TII to any civil or criminal liability or otherwise materially adversely affect TII’s operations or reputation.

Content submitted by you will be considered non-confidential and TII is under no obligation to treat such Content as proprietary information. Without limiting the foregoing, TII reserves the right to use the Content as TII deems appropriate, including, without limitation, rejecting, or refusing to post it. TII is under no obligation to offer you any payment for Content that you submit or the opportunity to edit, delete or otherwise modify Content once it has been submitted to TII.

Viruses

It is always wise for users to run an anti-virus program on all material downloaded from the Internet. TII cannot accept any responsibility for any loss, disruption or damage to your data or your computer system which may occur whilst using material accessed or downloaded from this Website.

Linked Websites

TII does not review or monitor any websites linked to or from the Website and is not responsible for the content of any such linked websites. Your linking to such websites is at your sole risk. We cannot be held responsible for the information, products, or services obtained on such other websites and will not be liable for any damages arising from your access to such websites. Any links to other websites are provided merely for the convenience of the users to this Website and the inclusion of these links does not imply an endorsement of the linked websites or the content therein. In addition, you agree not to link your websites or any other third party website to the Website without the express prior written consent of TII. TII reserves the right, at any time, for any reason not prohibited by law, to deny permission to anyone to link a website to the Website.

Changes

We reserve the right to change, modify, add or remove portions of these Terms of Use at any time and to make changes to the products, rates and packages described in the Website at any time and without notice or liability. Please check periodically for changes to these Terms of Use. Your continued use and/or access to the Website following changes to these Terms of Use will mean that you accept those changes.

No Unlawful or Prohibited Use

As a condition of your use of the Website, you warrant to TII that you will not use the Website for a purpose that is unlawful or prohibited by these Terms of Use

General

You agree that no joint venture, partnership, employment, or agency relationship exists between you and TII as a result of these Terms of Use or your use of the Website. Any rights not expressly granted to you herein are expressly reserved by TII.

Governing Law

These Terms of Use shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the Republic of Ireland, and the parties hereby submit to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of the Irish courts to settle any disputes which may arise in connection with these Terms of Use.