Census 2016 can help us solve the housing crisis

We need to know how many bedrooms are routinely unused

The next census will be held on April 24, and already the Central Statistics Office has recruited 4,700 enumerators to ensure that every household receives and completes the census form. Despite the growth of technology, gathering census data remains a largely paper-based process and will cost around €55 million to complete before any data is produced.

So it was unsurprising that the 2016 count was briefly threatened with cancellation as part of general ...