Statistics (Census of Population) Order, 1961.
Statutory Instruments
Source: Statutory Instruments

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paragraphs: This Order may be cited as the Statistics (Census of Population) Order, 1961.
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paragraphs: The Interpretation Act, 1937 (No. 38 of 1937), applies to this Order.
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paragraphs: Statistics shall be collected of the following subject matter, nature and character, that is to say :—
(a) Population ;
(b) Names, sex and date of birth ;
(c) Condition as to marriage, relationship to head of household ;
(d) Fertility of marriage ;
(e) Birthplace ;
(f) Religious belief ;
(g) Knowledge of the Irish Language ;
(h) Principal occupation, employment status, employer and employer's business ;
(i) Subsidiary occupation of persons with principal occupation in agriculture ;
(j) Houses, buildings and other habitations, acreage and valuation of agricultural holdings ;
(k) Private dwellings—nature of occupancy, rent, number of rooms, water supply, sanitary facilities, year in which built and electricity supply ;
as of the night of Sunday, 9 April, 1961, and the next following morning.
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paragraphs: The following are the persons, or classes of persons, by whom returns are to be made, or information is to be given, for the purpose of the said statistics, that is to say :—
(a) the head or other person acting as head of a private household ;
(b) the person in charge of an institution, such as a hotel, club, guest-house, hostel, boarding house, lodging house, boarding school, college, convent, monastery, barracks, prison, hospital, county home, nursing home, mental hospital, or other establishment of any kind ;
(c) the master or other person in charge of a vessel in any harbour, port, bay, creek, lake, river, canal or elsewhere in waters within the jurisdiction of the State ;
(d) individuals.
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paragraphs: —(1) Returns shall be made, information shall be given, and the statistics shall be collected in the manner provided by the forms set out in the Schedule hereto.
(2) The collection of the statistics shall be carried out through the persons appointed under this Order to be authorised persons and shall be completed within the period of three months beginning on the 9th day of April, 1961.
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paragraphs: —(1) The Commissioner of the Garda SÃ¯Â¿Â½ochÃ¯Â¿Â½na may appoint such and so many persons (being members of the Garda SÃ¯Â¿Â½ochÃ¯Â¿Â½na) as he thinks fit to be authorised persons for the purpose of this Order, and the appointment of persons under this paragraph may be made by their names or by the designation of their offices or in such other distinguishing manner as the said Commissioner thinks fit.
(2) There shall be issued to every authorised person appointed under this paragraph a certificate signed by a member of the Garda SÃ¯Â¿Â½ochÃ¯Â¿Â½na, not below the rank of Superintendent, certifying that such person has been so appointed.
(3) A member of the Garda SÃ¯Â¿Â½ochÃ¯Â¿Â½na who, while wearing his uniform as such member, produces a certificate under this paragraph to the effect that he has been appointed an authorised person shall, until the contrary is proved, be deemed to be an authorised person.
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paragraphs: —(1) The Minister for Posts and Telegraphs may appoint such and so many persons, serving in the Department of Posts and Telegraphs, as he thinks fit to be authorised persons for the purposes of this Order, and the appointment of persons under this paragraph may be made by their names or by the designation of their offices or in such other distinguishing manner as the said Minister thinks fit.
(2) There shall be issued to every authorised person appointed under this paragraph a certificate signed by an officer of the Department of Posts and Telegraphs, not below the rank of Superintendent, certifying that such person has been so appointed.
(3) An official of the Department of Posts and Telegraphs who, while wearing his uniform as such official, produces a certificate under this paragraph to the effect that he has been appointed an authorised person shall, until the contrary is proved, be deemed to be an authorised person.
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paragraphs: —(1) The Taoiseach may appoint such and so many persons as he thinks fit to be authorised persons (to be known as Temporary Civilian Enumerators) for the purpose of this Order, and the appointment of persons under this paragraph may be made by their names or in such other distinguishing manner as the Taoiseach thinks fit.
(2) There shall be issued to every authorised person appointed under this paragraph a certificate signed by an officer of the Central Statistics Office, of the Department of the Taoiseach, not below the rank of Assistant Principal Officer, certifying that such person has been so appointed.
(3) There shall be issued to every authorised person appointed under this paragraph an armlet bearing the words " Ã¯Â¿Â½iritheoir OifigiÃ¯Â¿Â½il ".
(4) A person who, while wearing an armlet as described in sub-paragraph (3) of this paragraph, produces a certificate under this paragraph to the effect that he has been appointed an authorised person shall, until the contrary is proved, be deemed to be an authorised person.
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paragraphs: Every authorised person when acting under this Order shall on demand produce and show the certificate issued to him under this Order.
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paragraphs: The forms set out in the Schedule hereto shall be used for the collection of the said statistics.