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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/1991-04-17/41/
17 Apr 1991 - the Statistics Acts 1926 and 1946 since 1987. The following penalties are prescribed in the 1926 Act: (1... such fine and such imprisonment. A new Statistics Bill has been drafted and is being considered... The Taoiseach There have been no prosecutions taken by the Central Statistics Office under... the Act or unlawful collection of information by an officer of statistics: A fine not exceeding fifty... departmentally. This draft currently includes an updating of the existing penalties in the Statistics
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Debate: Seanad Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/seanad/1953-07-15/3/
15 Jul 1953 - Mr. MacEntee Surely the Senator knows that those are not exact statistics and that you cannot... take them in the same way as you would take a census in regard to humans.
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Debate: Seanad Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/seanad/1946-12-11/6/
11 Dec 1946 - . The whole of the Bill relates only to information secured under the authority of a statistics Order... and not capable of being published, except in accordance with the terms of the 1926 Act, unless this amending Bill is passed. ... given under this Bill to a specified person is confidential to that specified person and cannot... be revealed by him to anybody without committing an offence under the 1926 Act. There is, therefore... that information for the purpose of their official duties. The statistical branch has, in fact
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Debate: Committee Of Public Accounts
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/committee_of_public_accounts/2019-04-11/4/
11 Apr 2019 - statistical work programme, we completed the census 2016 project during 2017, producing some new... appropriation account and outline CSO expenditure in 2017. The CSO is Ireland's national statistical... of statistical releases and methods of dissemination. The National Statistics Board, with the agreement... on confidence. In May 2017, the Government adopted a commitment on confidence in statistics. In signing.... The CSO delivers a demanding and growing statistical work programme each year. In 2017, a total of 345
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Debate: Seanad Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/seanad/2018-07-05/29/
5 Jul 2018 - Senator Maura Hopkins I welcome the passage of this Bill through its final Stages in the House... today. As we have discussed before, one of the major elements of this Bill is to bring our legislation... important in terms of the release of state papers. Aligning our release time lines will allow us.... While the obvious academic value is incredibly important, the release of these records is also..., for steering this Bill through both Houses and commend her strongly on all of the work she has done and is doing since entering Cabinet.
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/1946-10-23/46/
23 Oct 1946 - that the Principal Act which it is proposed to amend by this Bill, the Statistics Act of 1926, enabled... statistics procured under the Act have been published. Section 5 of the 1926 Act provided that the Minister... of 1926. It is unnecessary to stress that the powers given by this amending Bill will be used only... for the preparation of the census of production or some other similar statistical abstract... Mr. Lemass I move that the Bill be now read a Second Time. Deputies will no doubt be aware
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Debate: Seanad Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/seanad/2018-07-03/19/
3 Jul 2018 - does not want it released, but that we will be informed as we assist him with the passage of this Bill... the Minister, has he seen the GRECO report? When did he receive it? Is he prepared to release it before we finish this Bill? ... not release into the public domain, but we did release it to the executive members in order... of this House are decent, honourable people, that we will read the report, that we will not release it if he... for passing the Bill if there is something in the GRECO report that we need to know now, it will be passed
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Debate: Select Committee On Culture, Heritage And The Gaeltacht
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/select_committee_on_culture_heritage_and_the_gaeltacht/2017-12-07/3/
7 Dec 2017 - suggested for the Information Commissioner. The Minister is right that the records will be released... within 30 years. However, the Bill as it currently stands leaves significant political decisions... to be made about whether the documents will be released after 20 years. The 20-year rule changes... politician. If a document is released in the space of 20 years there is a good chance that the document
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Debate: Seanad Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/seanad/2003-12-11/6/
11 Dec 2003 - figures released by the Central Statistics Office that the number of women at work last year was more... that recorded in the 1981 census. The provisions of the Bill will, once enacted, strengthen and protect our... to the comprehensive debate on the Bill. I am pleased it was possible to accommodate on Committee Stage... leave and breastfeeding provisions. The Maternity Protection (Amendment) Bill 2003 represents... than 678,000, an increase of nearly 175,000 on the 1996 census figures and more than twice
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Debate: Seanad Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/seanad/2018-05-29/9/
29 May 2018 - are released at the same time as those of the UK in order to allow people to be better informed. The Bill also... that were taken in the past and continue to shape our future. This Bill will bring us into line... allows for the early release of records if the Minister believes such documents should be released... early due to a particular historical or public policy value. The Bill complements other ongoing... Archives (Amendment) Bill to this House. We should always strive for the greatest level of transparency
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/1968-05-15/32/
15 May 1968 - . The Bill was introduced on 7th March, 1961; the census was not taken until 9th April, 1961... to publish the provisional results of the census of the State in 1961. Deputy Ryan can make whatever charges... slightly longer to publish the provisional results in relation to the 1966 census and I would be surprised... of corruption Deputy Ryan has hurled against the Central Statistics Office and so far from these charges... being justified, I think the Central Statistics Office would be worthy of commendation for having
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Debate: Seanad Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/seanad/1926-07-08/5/
8 Jul 1926 - to the Government statistics published — I rely upon these figures—notwithstanding the tariff the import of boots
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/1926-01-19/33/
19 Jan 1926 - collection of statistics, will be entered upon this year prior to the taking of the census of population... now announcing the postponement of the taking of a census of industrial production. If the Deputy... of a census of industrial production, the postponement also of an inquiry into whatever the Deputy has... in mind with regard to agriculture. The census of population has to take priority this year over anything
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Debate: Committee Of Public Accounts
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/committee_of_public_accounts/2019-04-11/4/
11 Apr 2019 - Mr. Seamus McCarthy The 2017 Appropriation Accounts, Vote 4 - Central Statistics Office, records.... Members will note that the gross expenditure in 2017 was some €30 million less than in 2016... census of population in 2016. The appropriation account is presented under a single programme entitled... Delivery of Annual Statistical Programme. An analysis of the expenditure is given in note 3 under
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/1926-05-06/18/
6 May 1926 - important lecture to-night in connection with statistics; the lecture will be given at a gathering... of the Statistical Society. They did not anticipate that this Vote would come on.
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Debate: Seanad Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/seanad/1993-06-17/5/
17 Jun 1993 - of the Statistics Acts, 1926 and 1946. The principal 1926 Act is now almost 70 years old. It provided... of an advisory Statistical Council that was established under the 1926 Act. It also took account... of the Bill. Section 7 repeals the Statistics Acts, 1924 and 1946, and includes some consequential... of population since 1926, but only 100 years after the date of the relevant census. The forms which... survive from the 1901 and 1911 censuses are not governed by the Statistics Act, 1926, and are accessible
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Debate: Select Committee On Finance, Public Expenditure And Reform, And Taoiseach
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/select_committee_on_finance_public_expenditure_and_reform_and_taoiseach/2017-11-08/2/
8 Nov 2017 - more work by the CSO or further publication of census data, he will have information.
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/1978-12-06/21/
6 Dec 1978 - not to be repetitive in any way. However, I asked the Minister for some statistical information and in addition... to saying that there was not a census—a decision which I regretted very much at the time—the Minister... offered the statistics that were to hand but admitted that these were very limited.
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/1946-04-04/9/
4 Apr 1946 - General Mulcahy No, but there are Departments in this State, such as the statistics section... of the Department of Industry and Commerce, which deal with the whole question of our national income, our national production and census of population.
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Debate: Select Committee On Culture, Heritage And The Gaeltacht
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/select_committee_on_culture_heritage_and_the_gaeltacht/2017-12-07/3/
7 Dec 2017 - Humphreys, who commenced this Bill and adopted a highly proactive and energetic approach... and for their support for the draft Bill. The purpose of this Bill is to commence the reduction... years. The proposed legislation will allow for the early release of records if a Cabinet Minister and I..., as Minister with responsibility for the National Archives, agree that the early release
