Micheál Martin (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail)
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75. To ask the Taoiseach when the latest census will be completed. [27017/16]

Regina Doherty (Meath East, Fine Gael)
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The census field operation concluded on the 20^thMay and all temporary field staff have now completed their contracts. The first Preliminary results of the census were published on the 14^thJuly, just 12 weeks after census day (24^thApril).

Over the coming months the CSO will continue to scan, capture and code the information on some 2 million census forms. The first definitive results will be published in April 2017 - within a year of census day. This is line with achievements in 2011.

Detailed census results, organised by theme, will be published throughout 2017. Results will be presented in 2 summary publications and 10 census releases each covering a particular theme and containing thematic maps, interpretation and analysis of the data. A detailed timetable of date of publication of each release will be published on the CSO website in October this year.

In conclusion the CSO report that it was an extremely successful census and that they received great cooperation from the public. I would like to put on record my appreciation of the general public’s participation in the census and my thanks to the census staff for a job well done.