Seán Kyne (Galway West, Fine Gael)
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The data the Deputy requested is not available at present.

The Central Statistics Office (CSO) is committed to improving data collection documenting the evolution of online versus in-store shopping in Ireland and has been developing its approach in this area.

Earlier this year the CSO commenced the collection of on-line retail sales information relating to businesses based in Ireland through the Retail Sales Index surveys. Due to the lead time necessary to generate a statistically robust data set, it is expected that a breakdown between in-store and online sales will be included in the Retail Sales Index for December 2019 which will be published by the end of January 2020. The Annual Services Inquiry results to be published in 2020 will have a breakdown of online sales versus in-store sales.

Seán Kyne (Galway West, Fine Gael)
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The data the Deputy requested is not available at present.

The breakdown of online retail shopping by Irish consumers between Irish-owned retailers compared to international retailers, is a complicated area where householders may not be aware of the domicile of the seller.

The Central Statistics Office (CSO) will collect information, for a specified range of goods, on where they are shipped from rather than the nationality of ownership of the retailer in the 2020 Household Budget Survey, the results of which will available in 2021.

As data collection in this important segment develops over time, the Office will continuously review its related outputs and publications.