Tom Kitt (Dublin South, Fianna Fail)

The Deputy's last question, as other colleagues have pointed out, is the subject of the next set of questions. I look forward to dealing with the accuracy of the census figures in some detail then. I stand by the very good work by the Central Statistics Office, CSO. I will convey the Deputy's views to our friends in the CSO on the need for more work on the detail of the census figures.

Concerning people coming from, as we call it "other Europe", an element of that consists of Irish people coming back. There is a greater two-way flow between many new accession states and ourselves because of the large numbers of residents from those countries who have come to Ireland to live and work. I will deal with this issue in the next set of questions.

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