Census of Population

Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 25 January 2022

Tuesday, 25 January 2022

Questions (156)

Brendan Smith

Question:

156. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Taoiseach the preparations made to date for Census 2022; the census date; and the date for publication of the preliminary report. [3606/22]

Written answers

Minister of State at the Department of the Taoiseach

Preparations for Census 2022 are at an advanced stage. Recruitment for the three layers of field managers is complete and those staff have commenced their employment. CSO is currently in the process of recruiting over 5,000 enumerators and they are expected to begin their work with the delivery of the census forms to the public at the end of February. The delivery of the forms will be accompanied by a national publicity campaign to raise awareness of the census. All key IT systems for the census including the census processing system are either fully developed or are on track to be completed on time.

Census 2022 will take place on Sunday April 3rd 2022.

The Central Statistics Office expects to release the preliminary results from Census 2022 by the end of June 2022, with the publication of the official results to commence in the second quarter of 2023.