Census of Industrial Production
The Census of Industrial Production Survey is a statutory statistical survey conducted annually under the provisions of the Statistics (Structural Business Inquiries) Order, 2022 (S.I. No. 268 of 2022). Under Sections 26 and 27 of the 1993 Statistics Act you are obliged by law to complete and return this form. Any person who fails or refuses to provide this information or who knowingly provides false information may be subject to prosecution under Part VI of the Act.
This survey comprises two annual surveys to produce structural information on various accounting variables. These statutory surveys produce aggregated data on turnover, employment, exports, earnings and other variables for the Industrial sector. These surveys, the Census of Industrial Enterprises and Census of Industrial Local units present an annual detailed picture of the structure and activity of Industrial Production in Ireland.
Our results are only ever made available to the public in aggregate form and we make sure that it is impossible for individuals or businesses to be identified. Results are used by Eurostat and help to compare developments in Ireland with other EU Member States. Anonymised survey information may be provided to other government departments, approved organisations and approved researchers for statistical purposes only.
Yes. All information supplied to the CSO is treated as strictly confidential. The Statistics Act 1993, sets stringent confidentiality standards: information collected may be used only for statistical purposes.
The data you provide in this survey will be held for a maximum period of seven years from the date of issue, subject to survey requirements.
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Eamonn Cleary, Business Statistics Section, Central Statistics Office, Skehard Road, Cork, T12 X00E
Tel: (+353) 21 453 5000 E-Mail: business_stats@cso.ie
Under the General Data Protection Regulation, you have the following rights:
However, because your data is processed for statistical purposes these rights may be limited in accordance with Article 89 of the GDPR. This is due to the fact that the exercise of any of these rights may render impossible, or seriously impair, the achievement of the statistical processing and such restriction maybe necessary for the fulfillment of those purposes.
