Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 3 June 2021
Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach
Estimates for Public Services 2021 (Resumed)
Vote 1 - President's Establishment (Revised)
Vote 2 - Department of the Taoiseach (Revised)
Vote 3 - Office of the Attorney General (Revised)
Vote 4 - Central Statistics Office (Revised)
Vote 5 - Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (Revised)
Vote 6 - Office of the Chief State Solicitor (Revised)
Mairead Farrell (Galway West, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source
I thank the Minister of State. That is very interesting. That will be great, especially since 2026 will be a centenary year. I fully understand the forms are already printed. We will not ask the CSO to redo and reprint them all.
I have another question on Vote 6. I did not realise this discussion was really about the census. If the Minister of State does not have the response to Vote 6, that is fine. I do not exactly remember this when I filled out the census form, but an issue was brought to my attention relating to people being asked to clarify their religion. A variety of different religions are listed and then there is "other". Somebody questioned whether being an atheist or of no religion could be included in that. That was brought to my attention. I do not recall from reading the census what is there, but it is something I have been asked about previously.
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