About Us

The Board was initially set up on a non-statutory basis in 1986. It was established on a statutory basis in November 1994 when the Statistics Act came into operation.

The Boards has eight members. Two members are nominated by the Taoiseach and three members are nominated by organisations representative of the users of official statistics and providers of information under the Act. Two are senior representatives of the Department of Finance and the Department of the Taoiseach. The Director General of the CSO is an ex officio member of the Board.

The Chairperson of the NSB is appointed by the Taoiseach from among the five nominated members of the Board. The Secretary to the Board is nominated by the CSO.

• › Section 18 of the Statistics Act (links to the website of the Office of the Attourney General) describes the composition of the board.
• › Section 19 of the Statistics Act (links to the website of the Office of the Attourney General) describes of the functions of the board.

Click here for the current membership of the NSB board.