Eradicating child poverty a priority

[Brendan Burgess]

lots done

2 double payments of child benefit in Nov and DEc

 

[Brendan Burgess]

€400 lump sum will be paid to those with working sum payment

 

[TheJackal]

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...

 

[faketales]

and the wrong time of year for underage sports.

 

[Protocol]

The way poverty is defined in Ireland makes it difficult to eradicate it.

 

[merid]

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......

 

[ClubMan]

The way poverty is defined in Ireland makes it difficult to eradicate it.

Because it's relative?

 

[Protocol]

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.