Eoin Ó Broin (Dublin Mid West, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

The Minister of State is saying it will be every ten years, but he is also saying it will relate to the publication of the final report. We will get the final report of the 2022 census this year, so it invariably takes two years between the date of the census and the publication of the final report. That really means it will be ten years plus however long it takes the final report to be produced, which is currently two years. The legislation, therefore, says it will be ten years plus a few years. Of course, the publication schedule could be changed to get it done in, say, 18 months.