Could I ask the Minister of State whether the Central Statistics Office are permitted to be adventurous in regard to getting information on largescale social features like emigration? In other words, would it be within the permission of the CSO to see whether some of the British agencies which might be expected to run up against Irish emigrants might provide information which would supplement——

This supplementary is not related to the question.

This is not a contentious question. I am trying to inquire whether the CSO——

The Chair is not concerned about whether it is contentious. It does not arise. It is a separate question.

It arises directly out of the question about emigration.

The Chair has ruled that it is a separate question.

I want to know whether the CSO can go a bit further than the factors they now look at in order to get something more reliable, for example——

A census.

——the kind of information which the British social services, or health services, or insurance services might be able to provide if politely asked. I made that suggestion to the Minister for Economic Planning and Development six months ago and I will be waiting to ask him about it when the times comes.

Are the British Government to do what the previous Government did not do?

The British Government have to find the jobs the Taoiseach promised to get. That is the point.

Question No. 16. We have had quite a number of supplementary questions.