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06/02/2012
Benefits Inadequate For Poor Families - Report
Irelands poor families and the unemployed do not have enough money to achieve a basic standard of living, a report commissioned by the government has found.
The report, funded by the Department of Social Protection, used an international budget standard to measure the cost of a minimum standard of living for Irish families and found it fell short.
The report looked found that in a household with two adults and two children with both adults working, the minimum expenditure needed to achieve a basic standard of living was around €540 a week.
This figure was then compared with the income of that household. The report found that those with low incomes or who were unemployed found it impossible to reach the €540 figure and were cutting back on basic essentials to get by.
(DW)
The report, funded by the Department of Social Protection, used an international budget standard to measure the cost of a minimum standard of living for Irish families and found it fell short.
The report looked found that in a household with two adults and two children with both adults working, the minimum expenditure needed to achieve a basic standard of living was around €540 a week.
This figure was then compared with the income of that household. The report found that those with low incomes or who were unemployed found it impossible to reach the €540 figure and were cutting back on basic essentials to get by.
(DW)
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