I do not know if the Minister of State has the answer to this but it is something that I would like to ask him, having struggled through my own census form at the weekend. Could the Minister of State tell the House why, having asked nearly what we had for breakfast, the census does not attempt to discover the nationality of the people in the country? It does not make any effort to find out how many foreigners are in the country or what the nationality of any of them is.

I can only state that the form was drawn up after consideration by the Government and the CSO and this was presented as the most suitable form to obtain the information we want.

Ceist 6.

You need not get excited. There is nothing political in this. I am not aiming at anybody.

I am not worried whether the Deputy is aiming at anybody. I am trying to proceed in an orderly fashion with questions. Ceist 6.

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