Welcome to the Website of the National Statistics Board (Ireland)

The National Statistics Board is responsible to Government for developing its statistical strategy. This responsibility includes the setting of priorities for the compilation and development of official statistics in Ireland and guiding the strategic direction of the Central Statistics Office.

The Board was established on a statutory basis in November 1994, under the Statistics Act, 1993.

National Statistics Board February 2009 meeting in the Department of the Taoiseach

From left to right: Con Lucey, Danny McCoy, Pat O'Hara (Chairperson), Mary Doyle, Philip Lane, Gerry O'Hanlon (Director General CSO), Paul Sweeney. (Member not in photograph is Michael McGrath)