Human Resources committee  I don't have the exact figures at hand, but the capacity wasn't that different. I guess one of the things in looking at that is that big bar at the start on the left-hand side leaps out at you and speaks huge costs, but in fact that's proportionate gain for the poorest quintile.

Human Resources committee  I think the consistent poverty measure is, very clearly, the main focus of the strategy as it stands. As for the tracking of progress, there is, as Gerry says, a particular new cohort study that will track 10,000 Irish children, I think it is, from close to birth, and then come b

Human Resources committee  I think the issue there is a general one and not specific to Ireland, but there are particular aspects that became very sharply focused in Ireland. It has to do with how the definition of poverty is adjusted for growth in income and increasing income over time. Those are general

Human Resources committee  Thanks also for the opportunity to talk to you on this. I am going to try to cut my cloth to my measure here and keep what I say to what will fit into 10 minutes. I've sent you some information in advance. There are two main areas I want to talk about. One is to do with what