Employer Identification Inquiry
The Employer Identification Inquiry (EII) is being collected for statistical purposes and specifically to link existing administrative data sources, to aid in the production of annual Structure of Earning Statistics for both national purposes and to meet EU regulations.
The Employer Identification Inquiry (EII) is a statutory statistical survey conducted annually under the provisions of the Statistics (Employer Identification Inquiry) Order 2017 (S.I. No 497). Under Section 26 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.
The results are used internally by CSO staff to assist in the production of annual Structure of Earning Statistics for both national purposes and to meet EU regulations. 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. The data is used for the development and review of public policy on areas such as Public/Private Sector pay, Gender Pay Gap, Low pay/Minimum wages.
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 and no details that might be related to an identifiable person or business undertaking may be divulged to any other government department or body.
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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Morgan O’Donnell, Business Data Collection, Central Statistics Office, Skehard Road, Cork, T12 X00E.
Tel +353 (21) 4535269 or E-mail: ses@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.