Sorca Clarke (Longford-Westmeath, Sinn Fein)
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161. To ask the Taoiseach if a review of Census 2022 is planned; and if so, when this is expected to take place. [24374/22]

Jack Chambers (Dublin West, Fianna Fail)
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The operational phase of Census 2022 is winding down and the collected census forms are currently being returned to the CSO where they will be scanned and processed. Preparations and planning for Census 2027 are already underway and these will involve a review of all aspects of the Census 2022 project. This will ensure the experiences and learnings picked up by the CSO over the last number of years in preparing for and executing the Census are used to inform the design of the next census and any requirement for procedural or methodological changes. Under EU regulation the CSO is also required to provide Eurostat with a Quality Report on Census 2022 and this will include information about the Census, with a particular focus on the quality of the data collected. EU regulation also requires member states to conduct a population coverage study which will provide further information on the completeness of the data collected in the census. Both the quality report and the results of the coverage study will be submitted to Eurostat no later than the end of March 2024 and both will be made publicly available after this date.