Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 13 October 2016
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach
National Economic Output: Director General, Central Statistics Office
10:00 am
Mr. Pádraig Dalton:
The broader question really is where is the best place to collect the data. What we really want to avoid is a scenario where the CSO collects data while a regulator collects the exact same data. This would not be efficient or in the taxpayers' interest. The group is looking at exactly these issues as to where is the appropriate place and what is the appropriate mechanism and appropriate data source. Once the group reports back to us, the CSO will actively engage and we will certainly not be found wanting in playing our role in trying to provide information.
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