In 2019, a Memorandum Of Understanding between the CSO and the State Examinations Commission (PDF 5,027KB) (MoU) was agreed between the CSO and the State Examinations Commission (SEC). It was signed by Mr. Pádraig Dalton, Director-General of the CSO, and Mr. Aidan Farrell, Chief Executive Officer of the SEC.
The MoU allows for the SEC to provide the CSO with extracts from their database on state examinations. Section 30 of the Statistics Act, 1993 governs the use of records of Public Authorities for Statistical Purposes.
This MoU sets out the factors contributing to the request of this information and arrangements that have been agreed between the CSO and the SEC for the transmission and usage of this data.