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THE NEXT CENSUS has been postponed from 2021 to 2022, the Central Statistics Office (CSO) has announced.
The census was originally due to take place on 18 April next year. It will instead take place on 3 April 2022.
Pádraig Dalton, the director general of the CSO said the census “provides essential information for planning and decision making” in Ireland.
“It is vital that the Census enables everyone in Ireland to participate so that the information gathered reflects all of our needs and can be used to make decisions that benefit us all,” he said.
The decision to postpone was based on the need to ensure safety of public and CSO staff as well as the need to deliver a census “that achieves the highest possible response rate” across Irish society.
“Furthermore, the Census of Population is a major logistical operation and Covid-19 restrictions have prevented or delayed many key planning activities from taking place over recent months,” Dalton said.
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Despite doing this every few years they have still never managed to build enough houses, schools, services or infrastructure armed with the statistics.
@Ian James Burgess: No, but at least we know exactly how badly they’re doing.
@Ian James Burgess: They should release the Census records for 1926 now.
@Ian James Burgess: it should be annual, agreed though, nothing at all logical is done with the stats, its like banging your head against a field.
Why not try to do it online? MyGovId already in place, why not use it?
@Mateusz Brylew: because a census must record all details as accurately as possible and all inhabitants are required to participate. Seeing as how not all areas are connected to broadband and many simply don’t opt to have broadband (such as some elderly people), going online could prove problematic. On top of this, the census is meant to reflect the entire number of people in the state, including tourists and those visiting briefly for work purposes, none of whom would be able to get a MyGovID. So, such a census would exclude 100,000s of people which defeats the point of a census in the first place.
@Brian Ó Dálaigh: Fair points Brian, but isn’t partial data in extraordinary circumstances better than nothing?
Next it’ll be the election so Saint Leo, the saint of spin can have his go at playing taoiseach again.
@Bikes rule the world: the next GE isn’t due until 2025
@Bikes rule the world: learn some politics instead different spouting under the current government he rotates back into taoiseach in 2022
@Seán O’Sullivan: I know my politics, perhaps you should read my comment slowly and carefully before you comment.
@Steph: at the moment, at the rate this government is going it’ll self destruct, go to the polls before 2025 and hand SF an easy victory
No cens
@Chancer freelancer journal: we are going to need some consensus.
Great . One more useful service cancelled . Sigh
@Isabel Oliveira: personally I think it is as useful as a chocolate teapot.
@sally reid:
Or an ashtray on a moterbike…..
@sally reid:
Then you don’t understand it.
Please Release the 1926 Irish census!
@Anthony Clark: https://www.change.org/p/release-the-1926-irish-census
.. the Council of Irish Genealogical Organisations (CIGO) is calling on the new Taoiseach, Micheál Martin TD, Culture Minister, Catherine Martin TD, and Heritage Minister Darragh O’Brien to renew the commitment of previous governments to the early release of the original 1926 Census returns.
@Anthony Clark: it will be released in January 2027. These records are kept private because some alive during that census are still alive today and releasing their information into the public domain would bring up all sorts of data protection issues. 101 years is generally regarded as sufficient to avoid most of these concerns.
There’ll be nobody left in the country to count by then if this government is still in power.
@Robert Clifford: out of curiosity where are you sending us all.
@Michael Reilly: Have you ever gone somewhere Michael without being told?
Well that’s the nail in the coffin for the trick or treaters
@Barry Ryan: What. Hallowe’en was always about keeping the dead at bay. It hasn’t changed.
Don’t see why it can’t be done online (every year for far more granular data).
Apply for a pin, fill it out, then they’ve just got to do mop up on the missing data.
@Sequoia: that wouldn’t work for people visiting the state on the night of the census. “Mopping up” could work for including those resident in the state with no broadband, but it wouldn’t work for counting tourists, work visitors, etc, all of whom must also be included on the census.
@Sequoia: Agreed. That was the plan after the last census. At least offer us the option to complete it online for convenience.
@Sequoia:
There are always a certain number of reluctant participants to be coaxed into delivery plus a surprisingly high lot of empty dewllings to be checked out. So ‘boots on the ground’ are essential.
Dang it, I had some fava beans and a nice chianti all ready
@Ger:
The hi-vis jacket can be tough – so marinate well!
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