Jack Chambers (Dublin West, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

The public-facing phase of the census 2022 project is now complete and the CSO has begun the processing of the collected census forms. During the last number of weeks, the CSO has received queries and observations from members of the public and other stakeholders about the sex question, the advice relating to the sex question and the lack of a gender identity question on this year's census form. These observations will be a valuable input as the CSO embarks on the public consultation process which will ultimately lead to decisions on which questions will be included on the next census. The consultation process is expected to begin later this year and there will be an opportunity for any parties to give their views on all aspects of the census questionnaire, including which new topics should be included in census 2027 and which existing questions should be changed or removed.