Mr. Pádraig Dalton:

We have a growing demand for data and those vacancies will limit our ability in that area. It is not limiting our ability too much at the moment because many of these posts are roles designed to help us meet new demands such as the Growing Up in Ireland survey and the sexual violence survey. We are also trying to continually exploit administrative data, in other words data held by Government bodies, and we are also seeking to exploit big data. These vacancies are slowing down the speed at which we can progress some of these corporate issues. We have a broad range of recruitment competitions under way in the CSO across all grades. We have been filling posts right since the end of last year. We have a figure in mind and we are trying to fill 75 posts between now and the end of this year in a broad range of grades and skill sets.