This Group is co-chaired by the Central Statistics Office (CSO) and the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM).
Current Chairperson(s)
Sean Bell, Chief Economist, Economics and Planning Division, DAFM.
Sam Scriven, Head of Agriculture, Transport and Tourism Statistics, CSO.
Meetings of the Agriculture Statistics Liaison Group are organised by DAFM and the CSO. For queries, contact agri@cso.ie
The Agricultural Statistics Liaison Group was established in October 2010 with the broad aim of improving communications with our key stakeholders, both users and data respondents. The group will play an important role in helping to set national priorities for agriculture statistics.
Mr. Sean Bell, DAFM
Mr. Sam Scriven, CSO
Subject expert representatives from DAFM, Teagasc, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and CSO.
The Agriculture Statistics Liaison Group will play an important role in assessing the needs and priorities of key national users of agriculture statistics and agri-environmental indicators. The group will also facilitate the effective exchange of information on all areas of agriculture statistics and agri-environmental indicators between the main compilers and users of these statistics.
The role of the Group shall be to:
1. Ensure that the statistical system can deliver the agriculture statistics and agri-environmental indicators required to support EU, national and regional policy needs.
2. Discuss all quality aspects of agriculture statistical outputs, such as timeliness, relevancy, consistency, formats, future plans etc. and produce recommendations for remedial actions as appropriate.
3. Promote best practice and efficiencies in the compilation of agriculture statistics.
4. Provide and share information on progress on all agriculture/agri-environment projects surveys/data projects and other relevant issues relating to agriculture/agri-environment statistics.
CSO will be responsible for organising meetings. The roles of chairing and hosting the meetings shall be rotated amongst the members, where agreeable.
The agenda will be open and all members of the group are invited to suggest items for discussion and contribute papers, presentations or other research. Membership of the Group may be extended (permanently or temporarily) if necessary, depending on the subject being discussed, to include other representatives or organisations.
The Agriculture Statistics Liaison Group shall meet once each year. More frequent meetings may be held if the need arises.