Great to see coverage of our latest report funded by the Dept of Children today. Many of the children experiencing deprivation but who are not below the income poverty line are in households with high housing costs, have incomes just above the poverty threshold or have additional costs or debts
Helen Russell
Accounting for housing costs almost doubles the number of children classed as impoverished in Ireland
https://www.thejournal.ie/housing-costs-children-in-poverty-ireland-6734942-Jun2025/
At risk of poverty is defined as a household that has an equalised disposable income below 60% of the national median equalised disposable income.
