Mr. Niall Egan:

We have a regular engagement twice a year with the CSO on a range of issues. We have an awful lot of work, essentially, with the CSO in terms of our dataset and its requirements. As part of that, we have raised the issue of the SILC sample size and increasing representation within the sample size. However, I have to be honest; this is an issue of which the CSO is very aware. It is very concerned about increasing the sample size of SILC. It has said to us that this is a priority for it in terms of increasing the representative sample size. There are limitations in terms of what it can do, however, particularly with households that are homeless, so I cannot give any promises. We are happy to raise it again with the CSO, but it is limited in what it can do, to be honest with the Deputy.