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Central Statistics Office (Ireland) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
 | | The Central Statistics Office (CSO) is the statistical agency responsible for the gathering of "information relating to economic, social and general activities and conditions" in the Republic of Ireland, in particular the National Census which is held every five years. |
 | | The CSO was established, on a statutory basis, by the Statistics Act, 1993 in an attempt to reduce the number of separate offices responsible for collecting statistics for the state. |
 | | The CSO had existed, as an independent ad-hoc office, within the Department of the Taoiseach since June 1949, and its work greatly increased in the coming decades particularly from 1973 with Ireland joining the European Community. |
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