Written answers
Wednesday, 22 June 2011
Department of Arts, Heritage and Gaeltacht Affairs
Census of Population
9:00 pm
Sandra McLellan (Cork East, Sinn Fein)
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Question 122: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the efforts he has made to ensure the publication of the 1926 census at the earliest opportunity; when the necessary legislation to facilitate the publication of the 1926 census will be published; when the 1926 census itself will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16837/11]
Jimmy Deenihan (Kerry North-West Limerick, Fine Gael)
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The 1926 Census is currently in the ownership of the Central Statistics Office (CSO), which is under the remit of the Department of the Taoiseach. Informal discussions have taken place between my Department and both bodies on the digitisation of the 1926 Census.
The timeframe for the publication of necessary legislation is currently under consideration. It is essential that I take into account existing legislation that may impact on such legislation, such as the Statistics Act 1993, which lays down the strong conditions of secrecy around the Census information and restricts publication to 100 years after the taking of the census; the Data Protection Acts 1988 and 2003, which also restrict the publication of personal information; and the EU Directive on Data Protection.
In relation to the publication of the census itself, it is my Department's objective to have this in place by 2016, subject to the appropriate arrangements being put in place.
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