Back to Top

 Skip navigation

In December 2018 Pádraig Dalton, Director General Central Statistics Office (CSO) and Prof Kerri Clough-Gorr, Director of the National Cancer Registry Ireland (NCRI) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) (PDF 3,930KB) between the CSO and the NCRI to establish a closer working relationship and to allow both organisations to fulfil their respective obligations with regard to vital statistics data.

The NCRI is a publicly appointed body, established in 1991, to collect and classify information on all cancer cases which occur in Ireland. It operates under Statutory Instrument 19/1991, the National Cancer Registry Board (Establishment) Order, 1991 as amended by Statutory Instrument 293/1996, National Cancer Registry Board (Establishment) Order, 1991 (Amendment) Order, 1996. The CSO publishes data for the Minister of Employment Affairs and Social Protection in accordance with the provisions of Section 2 of the Vital Statistics and Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration Act, 1952 (as amended by section 7 of the Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration Act 1972) and the Government Order (SI No. 831 of 2007). This legislation will apply until Section 73 of the Civil Registration Act 2004 is commenced.