Dr Patricia O’Hara Chair, National Statistics Board CSO Fifth Administrative Data Seminar Making the Irish Statistical System World Class Dr Patricia O’Hara Chair, National Statistics Board

National Statistics Board Establish priorities for the development of official statistics in Ireland Guide the broad strategic direction of CSO NSB take a whole system approach – using the term Irish Statistical System (ISS) 1993 statistics Act 12.04.2016

NSB Vision for the Irish Statistical System A world class system of official statistics using the best available data to provide high quality, independent and accessible information for Ireland Achieving this means building a national data infrastructure 12.04.2016

A world class system makes great use of administrative data National Data Infrastructure (NDI) Creation of Registers which can only work if based on unique identifiers Well established elsewhere – Denmark 1960s and 70s, other Nordic, Netherlands 12.04.2016

A National Data Infrastructure Educa- tion Employ- ment CRS Geo directory CRO Person id: People PPSN Enterprise id: Businesses UBI Dwelling id: Buildings EIRCODE Inter- view Tax Social Question- naire Health etc VAT Mention each of the registers and explain significance of unique identifiers and Eircode Eircodes The key : Permanent official identification (PPSN, UBI, EIRCODE) 12.04.2016

Why is NDI important for Ireland? Gaps and inaccuracies in data compromise our ability to consider policy options and respond effectively to problems Good data needed to develop and evaluate policy measures and to target and deliver public services Joined up data will deliver vast improvements in efficiency through elimination of duplication and waste, and ultimately deliver significant cost-saving We are behind the curve compared to other developed countries in our capacity to produce evidence for policy NSB: Joined Up Government Needs Joined Up Data Data management critical to shared services, elimination of silos, whole of government approach 12.04.2016

Administrative Data Open Data Big Data Research Data

NDI – Benefits for official statistics Could have register-based Census by 2026 at estimated 15% of current cost Dynamic ‘live’ population and labour force statistics Substantial cost savings in other domains with reduced need for surveys Huge improvement in quality of data – through less reliance on samples, better timeliness, reduced respondent burden Integrated, longitudinal, time series statistics for policy and planning 12.04.2016

NDI – Benefits for policy and administration Base policy measures on research results and target services more effectively – particular age categories; social groups; areas; enterprises Simulation modelling to consider impact of policy proposals and decisions Greatly improved ability to plan and target expenditure at local level and deliver services effectively Transformed ability to measure impact, monitor and evaluate policy measures and service delivery 12.04.2016