Maureen O'Sullivan (Dublin Central, Independent)
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Question 52: To ask the Taoiseach the position regarding the awarding of the printing contract for census 2011 to a company (details supplied) particularly in view of it being a wholly-owned subsidiary of a US contractor and its association with human rights issues at Abu Ghraib prison; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8019/11]

Paul Kehoe (Wexford, Fine Gael)
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The printing contract for the 2011 census was part of a comprehensive census tender which was published on etenders in April 2009. The tender covered the software solution for the processing system, which was based on the system used for the 2006 census, the provision, installation and commissioning of the necessary hardware to carry out the processing and the printing of the census forms and enumerator record books.

Following an open public tender the contract was awarded to a UK company, CACI (UK) Ltd. in July 2009. The printing of the census forms and enumerator record books was sub-contracted by CACI (UK) Ltd. to an Irish based printer DCK Ebrook. All Irish census forms were printed in Ireland on site at DCK Ebrook facilities in Walkinstown between April and August 2010.