Statistics (Census of Population) Order, 1971.
Statutory Instruments
Source: Statutory Instruments

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paragraphs: This Order may be cited as the Statistics (Census of Population) Order, 1971.
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paragraphs: The Interpretation Act, 1937 (No. 38 of 1937), applies to this Order.
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paragraphs: In this Order–
"the Act" means the Statistics Act, 1926 (No. 12 of 1926);
"the statistics" means the statistics specified in paragraph 4 of 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) Usual residence and usual residence one year ago;
(e) Place of birth;
(f) Fertility of marriage;
(g) Religious belief;
(h) Knowledge of Irish language;
(i) Usual means of transport from residence to place of work or school and distance travelled;
(j) Principal occupation, employment status, employer and employer's business;
(k) Full–time education;
(l) Scientific or technological qualifications;
(m) Houses, other buildings and other dwellings, acreage and valuation of agricultural holdings;
(n) Private dwellings–nature of occupancy, rent and date of letting, year in which built, number of rooms, water supply, bath or shower, sanitary facilities, electricity supply, motor cars;
as of the night of Sunday, the 18th day of April, 1971, 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 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, barrack, prison, hospital, county home, nursing home, 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 according to the instructions contained in the forms set out in Part II of the Schedule to this Order.
(2) The collection of the statistics shall be carried out through the persons appointed under this Order to be officers of statistics, and persons so appointed shall be known as census enumerators.
(3) The collection of the statistics shall be completed not later than the 30th day of June, 1971.
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paragraphs: (1) The Commissioner of the Garda SÃ­ochÃ¡na may appoint such and so many persons (being members of the Garda SÃ­ochÃ¡na) as he thinks fit to be officers of statistics 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 rank or in such other distinguishing manner as the said Commissioner thinks fit.
(2) There shall be supplied to every person appointed under this paragraph a certificate in writing signed by a Superintendent of the Garda SÃ­ochÃ¡na, certifying that such person is acting as an officer of statistics for the purposes of this Order.
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paragraphs: (1) The Minister for Posts and Telegraphs may appoint such and so many of his officers as he thinks fit to be officers of statistics 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) The Taoiseach may appoint such and so many persons as he thinks fit to be officers of statistics 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.