Social Inclusion Monitor 2012

Abstract

The purpose of the Social Inclusion Monitor is to report officially on progress towards the national social target for poverty reduction - to reduce consistent poverty to 4 per cent by 2016 and to 2 per cent or less by 2020 - and the new sub-target on child poverty. It also charts Ireland’s contribution to the Europe 2020 poverty target – to lift 20 million people out of the risk of poverty and social exclusion by 2020 - and on other relevant indicators of poverty and social exclusion. The Monitor is primarily based on data from the CSO Survey on Income and Living Conditions 2012.