Denis Naughten (Roscommon-Galway, Independent) | Oireachtas source

With all due respect, it might be more useful if we had this engagement with representatives from the Department or the CSO after the small area data become available in September. We will then have the most up-to-date information. At the moment, we are talking about the data from 2016, which are irrelevant today. This may be a topic that the committee might wish to put on its work programme. I refer to bringing in representatives of the CSO to provide us with a briefing, from the small area perspective, in the context of our rural areas and island communities and also on measuring some elements concerning disadvantage in urban areas. That organisation may be able to assist us in providing data in this regard.