Mr. Pádraig Dalton:

On the question of the digitisation of the records, the 2002 to 2011 records have already been digitised because of the way we now process the census. That will also happen with the 2016 records. We also have all of the forms too. The question of digitising older census records is one for the National Archives because that is their area of expertise. I would agree that the issue of the storage of census forms for future generations is extremely important and must be examined.