Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 20 June 2017
132. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Taoiseach the Ministers or officials that have pre-release access to official statistics in tabular form; the official statistics to which each Minister has pre-release access; and the length of time before official release they have access. [27041/17]
View answerThe CSO's Policy on Pre-Release Access is published at http://www.cso.ie/en/aboutus/dissemination/csopolicyonpre-releaseaccess/ .
The policy specifies that the CSO’s standard practice is that statistics are released to all users at the same time and any form of pre-release access is a privilege. No ministers are given pre-release access by the CSO. The list of persons with pre-release access privileges is published at http://www.cso.ie/en/aboutus/dissemination/csopolicyonpre-releaseaccess/listofindividualswhohavebeenapprovedforpre-releaseaccess/
