The Central Statistics Office is looking to recruit 4 thousand 6 hundred people to distribute and collect forms for this year's census.

The application process is open from today until this Friday the 8th of January.

The temporary positions will be part-time and last for 10 weeks.

The successful applicants will be required to hand out forms ahead of this year's census, which takes place on the 24th of April.

Deirdre Cullen from the CSO, explains what will be involved in the job: