Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 15 October 2024

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government

Analysis of Private Rental Sector Discrepancies: Discussion (Resumed)

3:00 pm

Mr. Cormac Halpin:

The census is conducted on a household basis rather than on a dwelling basis. There is provision, if there are two distinguishable households within a dwelling, for each of them to complete a separate census form. We have defined what is meant by a household. Basically, if separate living arrangements pertain to two separate households within the same dwelling, they can complete separate census forms and thereby complete that first set of questions in which the nature of occupancy is indicated. One person could say that they are an owner-occupier and another person might have a different status within the dwelling.

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