Survey Information

The CSO statistical information on “Enterprise Statistics for the Financial Sector” is generated from the output of a number of different surveys as follows:

Insurance Survey Forms:

CSO Survey of Non-Life Insurance and Reinsurance Companies

• Annual (BOP42A)
• Quarterly (BOP42Q)

CSO Survey of Life Assurance and Reinsurance Companies

• Annual (BOP43A)
• Quarterly (BOP43Q)

Banks Survey Form:

CSO/Central Bank Survey of Credit Institutions

• The data required from credit institutions to meet data requirements are being collected quarterly by the Central Bank of Ireland under its legislation as well as European legislation. The data are supplied by the Central Bank of Ireland to CSO for statistical compilation purposes.  Further information on this joint survey can be found at the following link:

• CSO/Central Bank Survey of Credit Institutions

Business Area:

Structural Business Statistics

Purpose:

To provide information on key accounting variables such turnover and gross value added for both banks and insurance companies (life insurance, non-life insurance and reinsurance).  The objective is to complete the coverage of the business economy in Ireland and to allow meaningful comparisons with other business sectors such as Industry and Services.

Legislative Basis:

Regulation (EC) No 295/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 March 2008 concerning structural business statistics (recast).

Periodicity:

Annual

Target Population:

Enterprises in NACE Rev.2 section K (specifically licensed banks and insurance companies)

Sampling Frame:

Central Bank of Ireland registers of banks and insurance companies.

Survey Size:

350 approximately

Principal Variables Collected:

Turnover, production value, gross value added, personnel costs and gross operating surplus.

Principal External Users:

Eurostat, academics, government.

Contact Points

Business Area Specialist:

Susana Portillo

The above business specialist above can be contacted by e-mail using their firstname.lastname@cso.ie

Methodology Documents

• Standard Report for Enterprise Statistics for the Financial Sector (PDF 209KB)