Ireland - Report examines income needs - June 30, 2017

The 2017 Minimum Essential Standard of Living (MESL) report, from the Vincentian Partnership for Social Justice, looks at the adequacy of welfare and minimum-wage incomes for 12 different household types, including families with one to four children, single adults and couples under 66, and single and couple pensioners, in both urban and rural locations. It calculates income needs, as opposed to wants, for such basics as healthy food, clothing and heating. The main conclusions are that while households dependent on social welfare have seen an improvement in their income adequacy, welfare still does not provide a minimum essential income for the majority of households dependent on it.

English (reports and presentations): https://www.budgeting.ie/publications/mesl-2017 …   

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