Brendan Smith (Cavan-Monaghan, Fianna Fail)
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3. To ask the Taoiseach the timeline for the holding of Census 2027; when the preliminary results are due to be published. [54664/26]

Mary Butler (Waterford, Fianna Fail)
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Referred to CSO for answer

The Central Statistics Office will run a census of population and housing during April and May 2027 with the census date set as the 9th May 2027. This will be the first census in Ireland where the public will have the option to complete their census form online. A paper census form will also be available to householders. The census will move from a ‘de facto’ census, which means counting everyone where they are staying on one specific night, to counting the usually resident population. People who are usually resident in Ireland at the time of the census will have an opportunity to complete the census during the five weeks leading up to census date.

As Census 2027 is the first online census in Ireland, the process for collating the preliminary results will differ to previous censuses. Definitive timelines have not been confirmed, and we would expect that the preliminary results will be available no later than 6 months after census day (9th May 2027) with the final results released approximately 12 months after census day (May 2028).