Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 9 February 2022
Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach
Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 4 - Central Statistics Office (Revised)
Jack Chambers (Dublin West, Fianna Fail)
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It is a very good question. The field generators will use new technology for data collection. That is ongoing. As I mentioned in my opening statement, there is also investment in technology and data collection, which I believe is €1.5 million this year.
Ensuring we have appropriate technology around data collection is important. As I said, there will be newer technology for enumerators when they conduct this year's census.