Dáil Éireann debate -
Tuesday, 21 May 1996

Vol. 465 No. 6

Written Answers. - Receipts of CSO.

Ned O'Keeffe

Question:

75 Mr. E. O'Keeffe asked the Taoiseach the amount of revenue received by the Central Statistics Office in each of the years from 1991 to 1995; and the plans, if any, he has to increase outside income from our statistical service which estimated cost in 1996 is £22 million. [10198/96]

The Taoiseach

The total receipts of the Central Statistics Office in each of the years 1991 to 1995 were as follows:

	EU	Other	Total
	£	£	£
1991	1,320,839	119,688	1,440,527
1992	1,255,113	269,353	1,524,466
1993	2,816,820	148,693	2,965,563
1994	1,005,166	327,476	1,332,642
1995	709,265	216,630	925,895

These totals include EU funding for specific projects which varies from year to year.

The CSO will continue to develop its revenue potential in a manner compatible with its responsibility, as a public service, to disseminate the statistics it produces to as wide a range of users as possible. However, the potential for generating additional income from CSO publications and information services is limited.

It should be noted that the Estimate of £22 million for the Central Statistics Office in 1996 includes an exceptional provision of £12.7 million approximately for the taking of the Census of Population. The 1995 Estimate was £13.7 million.