Hildegarde Naughton (Galway West, Fine Gael)
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There was also a pilot that was carried out. The new questions in the pilot included questions about where households, for example, park their cars, gender, sexual orientation, mental health and the way that third level qualifications were obtained. Following the learnings and the experiences of that pilot, further development of all census systems and procedures will commence. Now that the collection phase of the census pilot survey is complete, the census team will review that information gathered. Once the final context is agreed and approved by the census advisory committee, the census questions will be sent to Government for approval. That will take place in 2025. A full report of the pilot will be published as well on the CSO website at this stage. Regarding the North-South, I will come back to the Deputy on that.