Michael McGrath (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I thank the Deputy for raising that point. I met the CSO in recent weeks. I visited its head office in Cork, met the leadership team there and had a really good discussion. I thanked it for all of the work it is doing. The turnaround time it achieved for the census and the headline population figures was remarkable. It did not raise any specific issues that warranted intervention but I will have a look at what the ESRI has said. If there are any resource implications, we will consider them in the context of the Estimates. I commend the CSO on the outstanding work it does. It has significant value in policy making and the work we do in government. I am sure the Deputy as a Member of the Oireachtas-----