An article by Fintan O’Toole in the Irish Times (Sat. Aug 21st 2021) entitled 'Poverty is an expensive luxury we can no longer afford: Why fund the consequences of poverty instead of investing in its outright elimination?' focused on research by (opens in a new window)Dr Micheál Collins and commissioned by the Society of St Vincent de Paul.
The Irish Times article can be downloaded (opens in a new window)here.
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The report from this research - The Hidden Cost of Poverty: estimating the public service cost of poverty in Ireland - was published in June 2021. This research estimates the additional public service costs that Irish society carries as a result of current and past experiences of poverty. It does so to establish a heretofore absent benchmark for the recurring annual costs to the state of poverty, and to highlight for all members of society, whether they are above or below the poverty line, the costs incurred by society as a result of poverty.
The report 'The Hidden Cost of Poverty: estimating the public service cost of poverty in Ireland' can be downloaded in pdf from (opens in a new window)here.
Read more about the research project here