PQ 70
110 Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the size of the increase in the number of persons living in relative poverty as a result of social welfare cuts in budget 2010 in view of the fact that the current relative income poverty line, updated with reference to the Economic and Social Research Institute wage level prediction, is €224.75 for a single adult and most social welfare payments to single adults are now €28.75 below that line; and if he has plans to meet with the Department of Finance to seek the reversal of the cuts. [15489/10]
Introduced
20 April 2010
Last action
20 April 2010 · Anti-Poverty Strategy.
Status
written
Sponsors
Ó Caoláin, Caoimhghín.
Subjects
Budget
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20 April 2010
Summary
110 Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the size of the increase in the number of persons living in relative poverty as a result of social welfare cuts in budget 2010 in view of the fact that the current relative income poverty line, updated with reference to the Economic and Social Research Institute wage level prediction, is €224.75 for a single adult and most social welfare payments to single adults are now €28.75 below that line; and if he has plans to meet with the Department of Finance to seek the reversal of the cuts. [15489/10]
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20 April 2010
Anti-Poverty Strategy.
110 Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin asked the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the size of the increase in the number of persons living in relative poverty as a result of social welfare cuts in budget 2010 in view of the fact that the current relative income poverty line, updated with reference to the Economic and Social Research Institute wage level prediction, is €224.75 for a single adult and most social welfare payments to single adults are now €28.75 below that line; and if he has plans to meet with the Department of Finance to seek the reversal of the cuts. [15489/10]
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Anti-Poverty Strategy.
Anti-Poverty Strategy.
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- Ó Caoláin, Caoimhghín. · Asking member
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- Official source: https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/question/2010-04-20/70/
- Open data entity: https://data.oireachtas.ie/ie/oireachtas/question/2010-04-20/pq_70
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