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Products on the CSO Work Programme were divided into the following six main themes with twenty three associated sub-themes. Also included are the main Corporate publications produced during the year:

 

 

People and Society

Contained within this theme are statistical products all about people and the society in which we live. This theme is further divided into eight sub-themes and covers Population and Migration; Births, Deaths and Marriages; Crime and Justice; Social Conditions; Health; Information Society; Education; Housing and Households.

 

Population and Migration

Head of Division: Cormac Halpin & Diarmuid Reidy (Census); Keith McSweeney (Social Analysis); John Dunne (Administrative Data Centre); Kieran Culhane & Declan Smyth (Statistical System Coordination)

Number of Products scheduled to be produced in 2019: 11

Number of Products produced in 2019: 10

 

Highlight:

Product - Census 2021 date and questions approved by Government

  • The next census will take place on Sunday the 18th of April 2021
  • Eight new questions, including renewable energy, smoking, volunteering and childcare
  • Many questions updated, including those on religion, disability, ethnic group and the Irish language
  • New voluntary Time Capsule for people to write a confidential message of their choice

Product not produced:

Pecado - Population Estimates compiled from Administrative Data only was not produced in 2019.

Population Estimates Compiled from Administrative Data Only (PECADO):  This research is part of a larger CSO and NSB strategic goal to be able to compile, at a lower cost to the taxpayer, detailed ‘census like’ population statistics from administrative data on an annual basis, at detailed geographic level. This will be a requirement of the European Statistical System from 2024 onwards.

 

Births, Deaths and Marriages

Head of Division: Keith McSweeney (Social Analysis)

Number of Products scheduled to be produced in 2019: 10

Number of Products produced in 2019: 10

All products listed on the work programme in 2019 were published on time.

 

Crime and Justice

Head of Division: Keith McSweeney (Social Analysis)

Number of Products scheduled to be produced in 2019: 4

Number of Products published in 2019: 5

Product produced but not listed on the work programme 2019:

Recorded Crime Victims 2018 - Statistics Under Reservation, was a new product published in 2019 this new release provides statistics relating to the victims of reported crimes including homicides, assaults and sexual offences, based on data recorded by An Garda Síochána.

 

Social Conditions

Head of Division: Gerard Reilly (Income, Consumption & Wealth); Keith McSweeney (Social Analysis)

Number of Products scheduled to be produced in 2019: 3

Number of Products produced in 2019: 3

All statistical products listed on the work programme in 2019 were produced on time.

 

Health

Keith McSweeney (Social Analysis); Norita Murphy (Government Accounts Compilation and Outputs)

Number of Products scheduled to be produced in 2019: 6

Number of Products produced in 2019: 5

Product not produced:

Product - Dental Treatment Services Scheme Analysis - incomplete data set received, release not published.

 

Information Society

Head of Division: Keith McSweeney (Social Analysis); Tara Davis (Business Statistics Analysis & Results); Kevin McCormack (Sustainable Development Goals & Indicator Reports)

Number of Products scheduled to be produced in 2019: 3

Number of Products published in 2019: 5

New product produced but not listed on the work programme 2019:

 A Profile of Ireland’s Border Population and Measuring the Distance to Everyday Services in Ireland.

 

Education

Head of Division: Keith McSweeney (Social Analysis); Kieran Culhane & Declan Smyth (Statistical System Coordination)

Number of Products scheduled to be produced in 2019: 4

Number of Products published in 2019: 4

 

Housing and Households

Head of Division: Kieran Culhane (Statistical System Coordination); Gerard Reilly (Income, Consumption & Wealth

Number of Products scheduled to be produced in 2019: 4

Number of Products published in 2019: 1

Products not produced:

A Social Housing report on Housing in Ireland. A horizontal report looking at different aspects of Social housing provision in Ireland.

Household Budget Survey

Household Finance and Consumption Survey

Labour Market and Earnings

Statistical Products measuring employment/unemployment, the flow of jobs and persons, industrial disputes, earnings and labour costs are included in this area. The theme is subdivided into two sub-themes Labour Market; Earnings.

Labour Market

Head of Division: Edel Flannery (Labour Market & Earnings)

Number of Products scheduled to be produced in 2019: 10

Number of Products published in 2019: 9

The PPSN release was published early as the P35 data was available, published in October rather than December.

Product not produced:

Job Churn, was planned to be published as a release for the first time in 2019, currently provided via CSO’s Statbank facility.    

 

Earnings

Head of Division: Edel Flannery (Labour Market & Earnings)

Number of Products scheduled to be produced in 2019: 6

Number of Products published in 2019: 7

 

Highlight:

The Econometric Analysis of the Public Private Pay Differential research paper was published in November 2019. This was an output that was not on the 2019 Statistical Work Programme for the division, but which was planned and delivered during 2019. It was published up to, and including 2018, making it the timeliest version of the public/private pay analysis ever published by the CSO.

 

Business Sectors

Statistical Products measuring all aspects of the Business Economy using short term statistics and longer term structural statistics. This theme is further divided into seven sub-themes and covers Agriculture; Construction; Industry; Multisectoral; Services; Tourism and Travel; Transport.

 

Agriculture

Head of Division: Donal Kelly (Agriculture, Transport & Tourism)

Number of Products scheduled to be produced in 2018: 14

Number of Products actually published in 2018: 14

Tthe Provisional June Survey Crops and Livestock release due to an error in the administrative data related to the area under cereals. The revised data was published in November 2019.

  

Construction

Head of Division: Tara Davis (Business Statistics Analysis & Results), Prices (Barra Casey)

Number of Products scheduled to be produced in 2018: 3

Number of Products actually published in 2018: 3

All the statistical products schedule to be produced in 2018 were published.

 

Industry

Head of Division: Tara Davis (Business Statistics Analysis & Results);

Number of Products scheduled to be produced in 2018: 6             

Number of Products actually published in 2018: 6

All six statistical products scheduled to be produced in 2018 were published

 

Multisectoral

Head of Division: Tara Davis (Business Statistics Analysis & Results)

Number of Products scheduled to be produced in 2019: 8

Number of Products published in 2019: 8

1 statistical product, Business in Ireland was published a few weeks later than planned, due to a delay in producing the construction data.

 

Services

Head of Division: Tara Davis (Business Statistics Analysis & Results); Barra Casey (Prices)

Number of Products scheduled to be produced in 2019: 3            

Number of Products published in 2019: 3

The 3 statistical products scheduled to be produced in 2019 were published.

  

Tourism and Travel

Head of Division: Donal Kelly (Agriculture, Transport & Tourism)

Number of Products scheduled to be produced in 2019: 6

Number of Products published in 2019: 5

Product not produced:

The Household Travel Survey was not produced in 2019, due to data quality issues.

 

Transport

Head of Division: Donal Kelly (Agriculture, Transport & Tourism); Keith McSweeney (Social Analysis);

Number of Products scheduled to be produced in 2019: 9

Number of Products published in 2019: 8

The Statistics on Port Traffic publication became a quarterly release from Quarter 1 2019.

Product not produced:

The National Transport Survey due to be published March 2020.

Economy

Statistical products measuring the economic activity of the economy. This theme is further divided into four sub-themes and covers Balance of Payments; National Accounts; External Trade; Prices.

Balance of Payments

Head of Division: Christopher Sibley (Balance of Payments Analysis & Dissemination)

Number of Products scheduled to be produced in 2019: 23

Number of Products published in 2019: 24

New products produced but not listed on the work programme 2019:

The International Accounts, this is a new format national publication bringing together the relevant BOP data, Goods and Services Export and Imports, FDI and profit outflows, along with the IIP and the Services Trade by Enterprise Characteristics (STEC), this publication examines the characteristics of enterprises in Ireland which contribute to trade in services.

Product not produced:

Assets & Liabilities of the Financial Sector no longer being produced

 

National Accounts

Head of Division: John Sheridan (National Accounts – Annual Outputs); Michael Connolly (National Accounts – Integration); Norita Murphy (Government Accounts Compilation and Outputs); Gillian Roche (Government Accounts Classifications)

Number of Products scheduled to be produced in 2019: 50

Number of Products published in 2019: 52

National Income & Expenditure Annual Results was delayed by seven days.

Products produced but not listed on the Work Programme 2019:

The National Accounts Output and Value Added by Activity.

Reporting of Government Deficits and Debt Levels an EU Transmission.

 

Highlight:

The coverage of the Productivity in Ireland was extended to produce a research chapter where estimates by 21 Economic sectors was produced for KLEMS - a Gross Output based estimate of Productivity and a QALI - quality of labour input - assessing the quality of labour by education, age, gender and economic sector.

 


External Trade

Head of Division: Orla McCarthy (International Trade in Goods)

Number of Products scheduled to be produced in 2019: 8

Number of Products published in 2019: 10

Products produced but not listed on the Work Programme 2019:

The Irish Traders and the UK 2017 and Ireland's Trade in Goods 2018.

  

Prices

Head of Division: Barra Casey (Prices)

Number of Products scheduled to be produced in 2019: 7

Number of Products published in 2019: 7

All 7 statistical products due to be produced in 2019 were published as scheduled.

 

General Statistical Publications

Cross cutting statistical publications combining published statistics from a wide range of sources into one thematic publication.

General Statistical Publications

Head of Division: Elaine O’ Mahoney (Dissemination & Communication); Head of Division: Cormac Halpin & Diarmuid Reidy (Census): Keith McSweeney (Social Analysis); Declan Smyth (Statistical System Coordination)

Number of Products scheduled to be produced in 2019: 6

Number of Products published in 2019: 5

New Products produced but not listed on the Work Programme 2019:

Urban and Rural Life in Ireland 2019.

Product not produced:

Civil Service Employee Engagement Survey (CSEES)

Well-being Dashboard - did not go live in 2019, work on this is progressing

Environment

Statistical Products covering the rapidly expanding area of environmental statistics. This theme is further divided into four sub-themes and covers Environment Accounts; Environment IndicatorsEnvironment Statistics and Climate and Energy which was established during 2019. 

 

Environment Accounts

Head of Division: Gerry Brady (Environment & Climate)

Number of Products scheduled to be produced in 2019: 8

Number of Products published in 2019: 9

New product produced but not listed on the work programme 2019:

1 new statistical product a research paper on Fossil Fuel and Similar Subsidies 2012-2016 was published in 2019.

 

Environment Indicators

Head of Division: Gerry Brady (Environment & Climate)

Number of Products scheduled to be produced in 2019: 1

Number of Products published in 2019: 1

The Environmental Indicators Ireland publication was published as scheduled.

 

Environment Statistics

Head of Division: Gerry Brady (Environment & Climate)

Number of Products scheduled to be produced in 2019: 6

Number of Products published in 2019: 2

Products not produced:

Inland Waters

Waste Generation Survey (biennial)

Domestic and Non-Domestic Metered Public Water Consumption

 

Climate & Energy

Head of Division: Gerry Brady (Environment & Climate)

Number of Products scheduled to be produced in 2019: 7

Number of Products published in 2019: 3

Products not produced:

Final Oil Movements (draft statistical release prepared but data editing not finished).

Land Cover / Use not requested by Eurostat.

Climate Data Rescue Project – Project has been initiated. The Climate Data Rescue Project involves the keying and checking a broad set of daily climate data for the period from around the mid nineteenth century to 1959 for three meteorological stations.

Climate Indicators – Project has been initiated.

 

Corporate Publications

In addition to the Statistical Products produced the Central Statistics Office published four corporate publications during 2019. These were:

  • Statement of Strategy 2019
  • Statement of Strategy Progress Report 2018
  • Statistical Work Programme 2019
  • Annual Report on the Statistical Work Programme 2018

 

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