Appendices

Appendix 1: Extracts from 1993 Statistics Act

Institutional Structure.

8. 

1. There is hereby established an Office to be known as the Central Statistics Office to exercise the functions conferred on it by this Act.
2. The Director General appointed under section 12 of this Act shall be responsible for the management and control of the Office.
3. There shall be a National Statistics Board which with the agreement of the Taoiseach shall have the general function of guiding the strategic direction of the Office.

Functions of Office.

10.

1. The functions of the Office shall be the collection, compilation, extraction and dissemination for statistical purposes of information relating to economic, social and general activities and conditions in the State.
2. The Office shall have authority to co-ordinate official statistics compiled by public authorities to ensure, in particular, adherence to statistical standards and the use of appropriate classifications.
3. The Office shall have authority to assess the statistical potential of the records maintained by public authorities and, in conjunction with them, to ensure that this potential is realised in so far as resources permit.

The Director General of the Central Statistics Office.

12. 

1. The Director General of the Office shall be appointed by the President on the nomination of the Taoiseach.
2. The Director General shall be a corporation sole by the name of the Director General of the Central Statistics Office with perpetual succession and a seal and may sue or be sued by that name.
3. The person holding the office of Director General shall be a civil servant of the State.
4. The Director General shall hold office on such terms and conditions as may be determined by the Taoiseach after consultation with the Minister for Finance.
5. The Taoiseach shall be the appropriate authority for the purpose of the Civil Service Commissioners Act, 1956, and the Civil Service Regulation Acts, 1956 and 1958, in relation to the Director General.

Independence on Statistical Matters.

13. 

The Director General shall have the sole responsibility for and be independent in the exercise of the functions of deciding -

1. the statistical methodology and professional statistical standards used by the Office;
2. the content of statistical releases and publications issued by the Office; and
3. the timing and methods of dissemination of statistics compiled by the Office.

Appendix 2: Terms of Reference for CSO Governance Boards

• Management Board Terms of Reference
• General Management Forum Terms of Reference
• Project Oversight Board Terms of Reference
• Risk Board Terms of Reference 
• Senior Management Group Terms of Reference