Pat Rabbitte (Dublin South West, Labour)

Will the Minister of State seek information on the matter to which I refer? I am not imputing any lack of professionalism or anything else on the part of the CSO, far from it, but I have received direct anecdotal evidence of difficulties being encountered, which did not exist previously, in terms of securing the co-operation of everyone in particular households, gaining access to some communities, contacting people who work irregular hours and enumerators being obliged to make repeated attempts to encourage people to engage with the process.

When is the final report likely to be published? Must we await its publication before we receive a breakdown of different categories such as, for example, the number of non-nationals living here etc.? Is it now settled Government policy that, irrespective of how early the CSO makes its final report, the business of establishing a new boundaries commission to revise the constituencies is not likely to happen between now and the general election?

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