John Curran (Dublin Mid West, Fianna Fail)

The principal powers assigned to me under the Statistics Act relate to the nomination of the Director General of the CSO, for appointment by the President, section 12(1), and the appointment of the National Statistics Board, section 18, which have been exercised as required since enactment of the legislation, and the making of orders under section 25 of the Act in respect of mandatory surveys. I will not go through all the surveys unless Deputy Ó Caoláin wishes. A dozen or so are included. From the point of view of saving time they will be circulated for the Deputy and included in the Official Report.

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