| An Priomh Oifig-Staidrimh | |
 The logo of the Central Statistics Office | |
| National statistical agency overview | |
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| Formed | 1 June 1949; 76 years ago (1949-06-01)[1] |
| Preceding national statistical agency |
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| Type | Non-ministerial government department |
| Jurisdiction | Republic of Ireland |
| Headquarters | Skehard Road, Cork T12 X00E, Ireland |
| National statistical agency executive |
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| Website | cso.ie |
TheCentral Statistics Office (CSO;Irish:An Phríomh-Oifig Staidrimh) is thestatistical agency responsible for the gathering of "information relating to economic, social and general activities and conditions" in theRepublic of Ireland (it does not operate inNorthern Ireland), in particular thecensus which is held every five years. The office is answerable to theTaoiseach and has its main offices inCork. The Director General of the CSO is Jennifer Banim.
The CSO was established on a statutory basis in 1994 to reduce the number of separate offices responsible for collecting statistics for the state.[2]
The CSO had existed, as an independentad hoc office within theDepartment of the Taoiseach, from June 1949, and its work greatly increased in the following decades, particularly from 1973 with theRepublic of Ireland joining theEuropean Economic Community (EEC). Previous to the 1949 reforms, statistics were collected by the Statistics Branch of theDepartment of Industry and Commerce on the creation of theIrish Free State in 1922. The Statistics Branch amalgamated a number of statistics gathering organisations that had existed inIreland since 1841, when the first comprehensive census was undertaken by the Irish Constabulary (later renamed as theRoyal Irish Constabulary).
On 15 September 2020, on the advice of the Central Statistics Office, the Irish Government postponed thequinquennial populationcensus, originally scheduled for 18 April 2021, until 3 April 2022 because of health and logistical obstacles caused by theCOVID-19 pandemic.[3][4]
The current Director-General of the Central Statistics Office is Jennifer Banim.[5]
In 2013, the first everHousehold Finance and Consumption Survey (HFCS) was conducted in the Republic of Ireland by the CSO on behalf of theCentral Bank of Ireland as part of theEuropean Central Bank (ECB) HFCS scheme/network.[6]
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