Monthly Balance of Payments – Five Minute Survey
This short survey is conducted with the sole purpose to measure economic activity in the Irish economy and facilitate political decision making at National and European level. The results serve as a basis for compilation of the European aggregates of the Monthly Balance of Payments which is publicly available from the European Central Bank and Eurostat.
This Statutory Inquiry is conducted under the Statistics (Monthly Balance of Payments Survey) Order 2020 (S.I. No. 581 of 2020), made under the Statistics Act 1993 and Regulation (EC) No 184 of 2005 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 12 January 2005 concerning balance of payments statistics.
The data are submitted to Eurostat and the ECB each month and are made available on their website in European aggregate form.
Yes. All information supplied to the CSO is treated as confidential. The Statistics Act, 1993 sets stringent confidentiality standards: Information collected may be used only for statistical purposes, and no personal data related to an identifiable person or business undertaking may be divulged to any other government department or body.
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Doireann O’Brien, Balance of Payments, Central Statistics Office, Ardee Road, Dublin D06 FX52.
E-mail: doireann.obrien@cso.ie
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