Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 3 November 2020
519. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the preliminary work that has taken place with respect to the publication of the 1926 Census of Population; the lead in time needed to enable publication in that year; if funds have been made available to complete the project; the work already undertaken to achieve the release of the data; and if a release date earlier than 2026 is possible. [33907/20]
View answerI am pleased to inform the Deputy that a significant body of information from the 1926 census has been collated and published by the Central Statistics Office on its website. There are hundreds of tables giving details of the size, age, gender, occupations, housing, dependency, and the speaking of Irish in the population of the State in 1926. These tables are available at this link https://www.cso.ie/en/census/censusvolumes1926to1991/historicalreports/census1926reports/
Under the Statistics Act 1993, information on an individual identifiable person, cannot be released until 100 years after the date on which the census was taken.
It is expected that information relating to individuals taken in the 1926 Census will be ready for public release at the end of the statutory period in 2026.
