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Ireland's principal government institution in charge of statistics and census data
Central Statistics Office
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Formed
| 1 June 1949
; 75 years ago
(
1949-06-01
)
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Preceding national statistical agency
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Type
| Non-ministerial government department
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Jurisdiction
| Ireland
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Headquarters
| Skehard Road, Cork T12 X00E, Ireland
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National statistical agency executive
| - Padraig Dalton, Director General
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Website
| cso.ie
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The
Central Statistics Office
(
CSO
;
Irish
:
An Phriomh-Oifig Staidrimh
) is the
statistical
agency responsible for the gathering of "information relating to economic, social and general activities and conditions" in
Ireland
, in particular the
census
which is held every five years. The office is answerable to the
Taoiseach
and has its main offices in
Cork
. The Director General of the CSO is Padraig Dalton.
History
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The CSO was established on a statutory basis in 1994 to reduce the number of separate offices responsible for collecting statistics for the state.
[2]
The CSO had existed, as an independent
ad hoc
office within the
Department of the Taoiseach
from June 1949, and its work greatly increased in the following decades particularly from 1973 with Ireland joining the
European Community
. Previous to the 1949 reforms, statistics were collected by the Statistics Branch of
Department of Industry and Commerce
on the creation of the
Irish Free State
in 1922. The Statistics Branch amalgamated a number of statistics gathering organisations that had existed in Ireland since 1841, when the first comprehensive census was undertaken by the
Royal Irish Constabulary
.
On 15 September 2020, on the advice of the Central Statistics Office, the Government postponed the
quinquennial
population
census
, originally scheduled for 18 April 2021, until 3 April 2022 because of health and logistical obstacles caused by the
COVID-19 pandemic
.
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Head of the Office
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The current Director-General of the Central Statistics Office is Padraig Dalton.
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Household Finance and Consumption Survey
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In 2013 the first ever
Household Finance and Consumption Survey
(HFCS) was conducted in Ireland by the Central Statistics Office on behalf of the
Central Bank of Ireland
as part of the
European Central Bank
(ECB) HFCS scheme/network.
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See also
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References
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External links
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National statistical services of Europe
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European Statistical System (ESS)
partnered with
Eurostat
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Other
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International
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National
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Other
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