Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 15 October 2025
Joint Committee on Social Protection, Rural and Community Development
Child Poverty: Discussion
2:00 am
Mr. Niall Egan:
We do measure and we do take into account housing costs. We have a publication every year called the social impact monitor. In that, we measure the impact that housing costs have on poverty rates. We publish a report every year. We intend to do that over the course of the next roadmap for social inclusion as well. We are, therefore, very conscious of this issue in terms of making sure that we keep housing costs monitored closely. We are absolutely open to considering how that can be formally part of a reporting mechanism under the new annual roadmap for social inclusion.
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