Clare Daly (Dublin North, Socialist Party)

With respect, one should do this by answering precisely the concerns people have but the Minister of State has not done so. All Deputies have received quite widespread correspondence with regard to raising concerns about this matter. How does one know the data have not been lost? One simply does not know this and they may have been. Moreover, the Minister of State has not outlined how many operatives are involved, what is the connection with the CSO staff or what will happen to the hardware and software thereafter. The Minister of State needs to deal with these issues to encourage citizens to participate in this census but he has not done so. It would be helpful were he to respond by answering some of those questions.

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