Mr. Paul Ginnell:

I wish to add to what has been said about the data, the groups it captures and the groups that are missing. As Dr. O’Connor mentioned, there are other methods and ways of capturing the poverty levels for different groups that are not covered by the SILC. It is extremely important that, as a consequence of the gaps, the national strategies to address poverty and social exclusion include those groups. There is a lot of frustration among Traveller and Roma organisations that they are not captured and do not appear in strategies. It is important that strategies that address poverty include policies to target those groups and address the poverty therein.