Does Ireland have people living below the poverty line?

Broads.ie

The official international poverty threshold is $1.25 (about 94c) per day.

The common international poverty line has in the past been roughly $1 a day. In 2008, the World Bank came out with a revised figure of $1.25 at 2005 purchasing-power parity (PPP)

So are there any poverty stricken folks in our lovely land?

Turpentine

Broads.ie wrote: »

The official international poverty threshold is $1.25 (about 94c).



So are there any poverty stricken folks in our lovely land?

Sher anyone getting €8 a week is on the pigs back, aren't they O.P?

Sindri

Broads.ie wrote: »

The official international poverty threshold is $1.25 (about 94c).



So are there any poverty stricken folks in our lovely land?

Load of bollix.

Poverty depends on your definition and is relative.

And there'd be very few seeing as we have social welfare. Homeless people would be it.

Hasmunch

Broads.ie wrote: »

The official international poverty threshold is $1.25 (about 94c).

If the government see this the dole will be back to 6.58 a week

Deus Ex Machina

I can only afford 36 scalding boners a week, does that count?

melekalikimaka

Broads.ie wrote: »

The official international poverty threshold is $1.25 (about 94c) per day.



So are there any poverty stricken folks in our lovely land?

in reality no there is not.

in irish peoples twisted distorted view of entitlements, yes wall too wall poverty

My name is URL

Broads.ie wrote: »

The official international poverty threshold is $1.25 (about 94c) per day.



So are there any poverty stricken folks in our lovely land?

That's just based on global averages. The poverty line is a lot higher in developed countries. As Sindri said; it's relative. You could live a comfortable life on $20 a week in some parts of the world, while in others you wouldn't last a week.

melekalikimaka wrote: »

in reality no there is not.

in irish peoples twisted distorted view of entitlements, yes wall too wall poverty

In an even realer reality, you're talking nonsense

Turpentine

melekalikimaka wrote: »

in reality no there is not.

in irish peoples twisted distorted view of entitlements, yes wall too wall poverty

Are you saying no-one is poor because they don't get less than €7 a week?

Just because some international body bases their findings on an average that is weighted by many third world countries where both life and labour are cheap?

Princess Consuela Bananahammock

1.25 in the third world, maybe, but I'd like to see someoen feed, clothe and shelter themselves on that in Europe.

senorwipesalot

I woke up this morning with about 1.25 in shrapnel in my arse pocket.

whatsamsn

you're all racists!

(im trying to become a typical boards moral crusader)

Fromthetrees

Ban the dole and set up soup kitchens. People can live off soup.

yermanoffthetv

Sindri wrote: »

Load of bollix.

Poverty depends on your definition and is relative.

And there'd be very few seeing as we have social welfare. Homeless people would be it.

...and even they can go to a community welfare officer and get emergency payments while they wait for the dole to reject them for not having a perminant address and then repeat the process. The people who are living on the street are in that situation because they have drug or alchol problems and most shelters wont take them in that state. There is no absolute poverty in Ireland only relative poverty because of our massive wealth imbalance.

squod

yermanoffthetv wrote: »

...and even they can go to a community welfare officer and get emergency payments while they wait for the dole to reject them for not having a perminant address and then repeat the process. The people who are living on the street are in that situation because they have drug or alchol problems and most shelters wont take them in that state. There is no absolute poverty in Ireland only relative poverty because of our massive wealth imbalance.

Get out more often.

previous user

Deus Ex Machina wrote: »

I can only afford 36 scalding boners a week, does that count?

lol, wat the hell?

yermanoffthetv

squod wrote: »

Get out more often.

I stand by what I said, care to enlighten me why im wrong? When was the last time you heard of someone starving to death here? relative poverty on the otherhand is fairly common. It may be miserable but you wont die because of it.

Dudess

Yes - e.g. bankrupt people.

kowloon

The poverty line is meaningless as long as it's measured in any currency.
The buying power of what you have is what counts.

shangri la

Sindri wrote: »

Load of bollix.

Poverty depends on your definition and is relative.

And there'd be very few seeing as we have social welfare. Homeless people would be it.

homeless folk get the dole also

amacachi

I've really had my prejudices challenged by this, fair play to those who pointed out that the international poverty line is a meaningless average and doesn't apply to Ireland. Really amazing the intellects that are on this site.

Turpentine

amacachi wrote: »

I've really had my prejudices challenged by this, fair play to those who pointed out that the international poverty line is a meaningless average and doesn't apply to Ireland. Really amazing the intellects that are on this site.

I know! I'm surprised you hadn't thought of it before!

lividduck

yermanoffthetv wrote: »

I stand by what I said, care to enlighten me why im wrong? When was the last time you heard of someone starving to death here? relative poverty on the otherhand is fairly common. It may be miserable but you wont die because of it.

Really, anyone , including Irish Citizens, who fails the Habitual residency Test, is not entitled to ant help, not even from the CWO.
That also includes people from countries like Romania and Bulgaria who come here looking for work.
There is some absolute poverty here , however what is far more prevelant is relative and consistant poverty.
A good source for researching this is the annual EUSILC report published by the CSO.

Pdfile

Sindri wrote: »

Load of bollix.

Poverty depends on your definition and is relative.

And there'd be very few seeing as we have social welfare. Homeless people would be it.

you dont need to be homeless to be poor, look at ballymun/tallaght etc 15 years ago...

Frank Black

If you can't afford a sky sports subscription for the shoebox-sized appartment you bought on the outskirts of Londford in 2007 - you are poor.