Answer language and religion questions honestly on census form

ACCORDING to Section 26 of the Statistic Act, 1993, you can be fined up to €25,000 for providing false information on a census form.

This doesn’t stop many Irish people from dishonestly answering the census questions on the Irish language and religion.

In the last census, 42% of us claimed to speak Irish. Are you fluent enough to listen to An Nuacht or be able to read an Irish language newspaper? Knowing the difference between fir and mná to find the toilet does not make you an Irish speaker.