About Us

The role of the Division is to provide relevant, timely and high quality statistical information on the structure and performance of the industrial and building sectors of the economy.

The Division collects and publishes statistics on industry and on building and construction.

Industry

There are three main surveys of industry: the Census of Industrial Production (CIP), the annual PRODCOM Inquiry and the Monthly Production Survey. The CIP covers all industrial local units with 3 or more persons engaged. The PRODCOM Inquiry collects data on production using a harmonised EU classification. The Monthly Production Survey collects details of production and turnover of industrial local units with 20 or more persons engaged.

An e-Commerce Enterprise Survey is also carried out. It primarily collects information on ICT usage in the Industry, Construction and Services sectors. The results are included in the annual publication Information Society and Telecommunications (PDF 248KB)

Building & Construction

This Section conducts the following range of surveys:

• Monthly survey of employment;
• Quarterly survey of earnings and hours worked;
• Quarterly survey of planning permissions granted;
• Annual Census of Building and Construction.

Business Field Force

A permanent field force of 7 CSO representatives call to firms who fail to respond to surveys or have a poor response, to encourage them to respond and to assist with the completion of forms.