Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 26 September 2023
476. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth whether data is collected on rates of child poverty, particularly in areas of deprivation, as defined by Pobal, by his Department or any relevant bodies; the methods used; the subsets under which this data is collected; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41136/23]
View answerThe Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth does not itself collect data on child poverty or deprivation; rather the Department uses Central Statistics Office (CSO) data, for instance its Survey of Income and Living, Growing up in Ireland, Quarterly National Household Survey and Census data.
The Central Statistics Office makes extensive use of the HP Deprivation Index which is also called the Pobal index of deprivation. The Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth follows the CSO in defining poverty and deprivation as these definitions are long standing, well understood and allow international comparisons
