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- Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 4 - Central Statistics Office (Revised) (28 Feb 2024) Hildegarde Naughton: Yes.
- Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 4 - Central Statistics Office (Revised) (28 Feb 2024) Hildegarde Naughton: There is an internal audit committee. However, the CSO is also peer reviewed at an EU level and there is an internal audit committee.
- Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 4 - Central Statistics Office (Revised) (28 Feb 2024) Hildegarde Naughton: It is made up of directors general from various national statistical organisations. I can find out the number of people on the committee. I might get that information shortly.
- Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 4 - Central Statistics Office (Revised) (28 Feb 2024) Hildegarde Naughton: Yes.
- Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 4 - Central Statistics Office (Revised) (28 Feb 2024) Hildegarde Naughton: The director general appoints the committee.
- Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 4 - Central Statistics Office (Revised) (28 Feb 2024) Hildegarde Naughton: They include both internal and external persons.
- Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 4 - Central Statistics Office (Revised) (28 Feb 2024) Hildegarde Naughton: About one third of the committee members are external.
- Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 4 - Central Statistics Office (Revised) (28 Feb 2024) Hildegarde Naughton: I will have to come back to the Cathaoirleach with a breakdown.
- Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 4 - Central Statistics Office (Revised) (28 Feb 2024) Hildegarde Naughton: I will get those figures for the Cathaoirleach.
- Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 4 - Central Statistics Office (Revised) (28 Feb 2024) Hildegarde Naughton: We have some data from census night, which will come in for the census, but the Department of Justice has almost all of that information I imagine. However, I will come back in relation to that.
- Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 4 - Central Statistics Office (Revised) (28 Feb 2024) Hildegarde Naughton: The Cathaoirleach has raised a valid point. I will certainly raise with the CSO the issue of getting that data.
- Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 4 - Central Statistics Office (Revised) (28 Feb 2024) Hildegarde Naughton: With the census every year, a review is done on the questions asked. Many of the questions are dictated by EU regulations. The Chairman has just raised a specific issue relating to transport. If he feels there are specific difficulties relating to the types of questions asked, we would certainly welcome that feedback.
- Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 4 - Central Statistics Office (Revised) (28 Feb 2024) Hildegarde Naughton: It is important that we take on the Chairman's suggestions. We would welcome feedback on the specific questions. At an EU level, Ireland works with other EU statistics bodies to make sure the questions are as accessible and understandable as possible. Work is taking place at EU level, but that is not to say we should not constantly tweak our questions to make sure people can-----
- Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 4 - Central Statistics Office (Revised) (28 Feb 2024) Hildegarde Naughton: There will be a trial for the 2027 census in September. That could be an opportunity to get feedback on the types of questions asked. We do not want somebody sitting at home who needs an explanation as to what a question means; it needs to be very understandable. That is always the thinking when asking the question. It needs to be understandable to everybody at home so that they do not...
- Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 4 - Central Statistics Office (Revised) (28 Feb 2024) Hildegarde Naughton: There will be a report on that in the next month. It is done every two years now. A report will come out in the next month on gender.
- Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 4 - Central Statistics Office (Revised) (28 Feb 2024) Hildegarde Naughton: It is every two years now.
- Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 4 - Central Statistics Office (Revised) (28 Feb 2024) Hildegarde Naughton: We can also look at how people's tastes have changed and what they are now buying. Online and broadband services are more popular now. Disposable cameras are no longer bought as they were in previous years. It is to see how people's tastes-----
- Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 4 - Central Statistics Office (Revised) (28 Feb 2024) Hildegarde Naughton: Yes.
- Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 4 - Central Statistics Office (Revised) (28 Feb 2024) Hildegarde Naughton: Much of that renewal plan relates to the digitalisation of services. The 2027 census will be partially online. People will have the option of going online and filling it out. They will have the paper form but they will also have the option of filling it out online. We also did the employee engagement survey.
- Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 4 - Central Statistics Office (Revised) (28 Feb 2024) Hildegarde Naughton: As I was saying to Deputy Durkan, it mainly relates to the CSO not just providing statistics and data; it is about giving insights on that data. That allows us to inform Departments in areas such as agriculture and transport that we are putting the right services into the right area. It deals with areas like people's transport movements, where they are living, where we need housing and...