Eoin Ó Broin (Dublin Mid West, Sinn Fein)
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603. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when the 1926 census will be available to the public in digital format. [20662/21]

Catherine Martin (Dublin Rathdown, Green Party)
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The Central Statistics Office (CSO) is responsible for the gathering of census data in Ireland. It has published data taken from the 1926 Census in 10 volumes as follows:

- Volume 1 - Population, area and valuation of each DED and each larger Unit of Area

- Volume 2 - Occupations

- Volume 3 - Religion and birthplaces

- Volume 4 - Housing

- Volume 5 - Ages, orphanhood and conjugal conditions

- Volume 6 - Industrial status

- Volume 7 - Industries

- Volume 8 - Irish language

- Volume 9 - Dependency

- Volume 10 - General Report

These volumes can be viewed on the CSO website at the following link: Census 1926 Reports - CSO - Central Statistics Office. Sections 33 and 35 of the Statistics Act 1993 allow for the release of information gathered by a Census that relates either directly or indirectly to an identifiable person 100 years after the date that the census was taken. As the 1926 Census was taken on 18 April 1926, information on the individuals can be made available from 18 April 2026. It is hoped that the information will be available to the public in a digital format from that date.