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THE CENTRAL STATISTICS Office says it is preparing to prosecute a “small number” of people who refused to cooperate with census enumerators.
The 2016 Census was carried out on 24 April of this year.
It’s a legal offence to fail to provide information to the CSO if requested in a census.
After the 2011 survey, there were five successful prosecutions of people who refused to answer the 35 household questions.
Two people were convicted after the 2006 census, receiving fines of €200.
Speaking to TheJournal.ie, CSO spokesperson Tony Downes said the agency wasn’t yet in a position to confirm how many prosecutions will be sought.
“We can’t give a number just yet. We’re still getting documentation back from the field and it will take a while to look through all of that,” Downes said.
Cases aren’t expected to end up before the courts until next year.
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