thecountess.ie/census-campaign/
In an unprecedented departure from the historical method of counting how many males and females are in the State on the night of April 3rd, 2022, the CSO has advised trans identified people to select BOTH Male and Female on their forms. The CSO will then randomly assign their sex. This is not a viable solution because it will skew the data collected for the sex category, which is primary, after one’s name. In a joint campaign by four Irish women’s groups, we are asking those who believe that biology and gender identity should be two separate categories, to legally register their protest to the problem of gender interfering with the primacy of sex, by entering “Believer in Biology” for Question 12: “What is your religion, if any?” Just tick option 7, “Other”, and write Believer in Biology in the space provided.
This is quite concerning to me as in order to plan services etc. accurate data is required. If they feel it is important to know numbers of trans people, then ask the question. This is a disservice to both trans people who may need specific services and to people who either don't have a gender identity or whose gender identity matches their sex who need services aligned with their sex.