The Society of St. Vincent de Paul (SVP) is pleased to invite you to the launch of their new report ‘The Hidden Cost of Poverty'
‘The Hidden Cost of Poverty: Estimating the public service cost of poverty in Ireland’, is a new report written by Dr. Micheál Collins, School of Social Policy, Social Work and Social Justice, University College Dublin and commissioned by the Society of St Vincent de Paul. The report estimates the proportion of public expenditure which is making up for the ways poverty negatively impacts people’s health, well-being, living standards and opportunities.
This report draws on a wide range of data, and the experiences of asking similar questions in other countries, to determine estimates of the annual public service cost of poverty for Ireland. In doing so the analysis reviews public spending across six broad areas of public policy, and within them twenty-five individual areas or expenditure programmes, accounting for a total of €27.9bn in annual state spending. Within this expenditure, the report attempts to isolate the proportion of public service provision that is driven by current and past experiences of poverty.
The online launch will take on the Tuesday 16th June at 11am. All joining details will be circulated to attendees prior the event.
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