Burden of surveys less than imagined at €10m

BUSINESSES face a far lesser burden than they imagine in responding to statistical surveys – a report by the CSO put the cost at €10m a year.

Filling in CSO forms cost Irish companies an estimated €10.8m in 2008, and €10.5m in 2007, according to the latest Standard Cost Model issued by the CSO yesterday.

Assessed using the Eurostat model preferred by the European Union (EU), the CSO’s burden costs just €7.7m to Irish businesses.