national accounts quarterly 3rd quarter 2002 introduction this release gives the official ac counts estimates for ireland it includes results first three quarters of these are compiled in cordance with esa95 system as used all member states european union aggre gates shown have been derived from a wide variety sources some available lesser reliability than those annual given higher margin error figures series at stage not seasonally adjusted longer will be required before is feasible revisions minor made to previously pub lished two current price gdp prices calcu lated using independent approaches ie income and expenditure methods on basis possible compile reliable based estimate only supplied table 2 bal ancing item