I accept that. Will the Minister of State reply to my supplementary question? I have indicated to him that direct information is available in respect of Britain. I am sure he could find similar information elsewhere.

(Dún Laoghaire): As an ex-Minister for Finance the Deputy will accept that statistics are supplied through the Central Statistics Office and that the information I gave was supplied by them. I have full respect for the institutions the Deputy mentioned in Britain. However, the number of bookings into institutions in Britain as a basis for compiling statistics such as those asked for in the question would not be very reliable. The Central Statistics Office have supplied us with accurate information and I am sure the Deputy will agree there is room for improving and updating those statistics but it would not be proper to base statistics on information supplied from various organisations or institutions abroad.

As the Minister of State said, we must rely on information from the Central Statistics Office which, on his own admission, does not extend beyond 1981. The rest is simply a guesstimate by the Minister of State. Does he agree that, in view of what is perceived to be an alarming increase in emigration, the Government should look for a more up-to-date analysis of these trends? Otherwise we will be only capable of dealing with what happened three years ago and not with what is happening today.

(Dún Laoghaire): We are doing that.

When can we expect the result?

(Dún Laoghaire): It is an on-going process.