Eradicating child poverty a priority

Brother due first child in December.

Won't get the double Child Benefit December payment, as your first Child Benefit payment only starts the month after child is born and is not backdated to month child was born.

Also won't get the baby bonus of €420 (3 v €140) as that applies to babies born from January...
 
Twins are in for a windfall as they get 1.5 times the rate for each child and multiply this by the 2 bonus payments......
 
Yes, well the first measure is relative poverty, known as At Risk-of-Poverty, AROP, it really is a measure of low incomes.

To me, that is impossible to eliminate.


The second measure is material deprivation.
 
Protocol said:
The way poverty is defined in Ireland makes it difficult to eradicate it.
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Agreed, probably makes it impossible unless we become a communist state. But this protects the interests of the executives in the NGOs who are guaranteed that they can always bemoan high child poverty rates.

Child poverty is measured as the proportion of all children aged 17 years or younger that live in households with an income below the 60 per cent of median income poverty line.


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Child Poverty in Ireland | Social Justice Ireland

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TheJackal said:
Brother due first child in December.

Won't get the double Child Benefit December payment, as your first Child Benefit payment only starts the month after child is born and is not backdated to month child was born.

Also won't get the baby bonus of €420 (3 v €140) as that applies to babies born from January...
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Maybe the baby will be late and he'll get it. However he was never getting it and I'm sure it wasn't why he chose to have a child. What you never have you can't miss.
 
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