Pat Rabbitte (Dublin South West, Labour)

I thank the Minister of State for his reply. Has he received advice from the CSO on the extent to which the figures might represent an understatement of the reality? I refer here to the anecdotal evidence of which we are all aware regarding enumerators encountering great difficulty in effecting entry to certain housing developments and catching people when they were at home. I was informed by one enumerator with whom I am familiar that she called back on 18 occasions to a particular development. Has the director of the CSO provided an estimate of what might be the possible shortfall?

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