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Food Poverty
in Ireland
The Irish Department of
Social Protection recently commissioned a study on “Food Poverty”.
This study has, for the first time, established clear and simple
criteria whereby to measure this growing problem in Ireland.
The measurement uses "deprivation markers" to define food poverty:
1. Households that
cannot afford a meal with meat, or vegetarian equivalent, every
second day.
2. Households that
cannot afford a weekly roast dinner.
3. Household that have
missed a meal over a two-week period, due to a lack of money.
4. Inability to have
family or friends for a meal or drink once a month
10% of people
questioned for a CSO (Central Statistics Office) Survey in 2010 on
Income and Living Conditions, experienced at least two of these
conditions. Food poverty in Ireland will now be measured every year
from here forward.
The study only looked
at food poverty from 2004 to 2010. Figures have not yet been produced
for 2011 and 2012.
Somehow, and it is just my wild guess that, the figure, like the Fuel Poverty figure, will have increased. And just to depress you some more, here is my collection of variously published indicators that clearly show the trend in Ireland:
The Imbalance Indicators (updated) :
By contrast the imbalance in incomes:
We, Ireland a country beggared and in hock to the IMF, pay our county managers twice the salary of the Spanish Prime Minister, even as the population at large suffers some shocking imbalances and deprivations. Rome, like an apple, rotted from the core because of it's moral degeneration. From the perspective of many Irish citizens, there are many parallels to be found between the fall of Rome and present day Ireland.
Somehow, and it is just my wild guess that, the figure, like the Fuel Poverty figure, will have increased. And just to depress you some more, here is my collection of variously published indicators that clearly show the trend in Ireland:
The Imbalance Indicators (updated) :
STRESS and DEPRESSION IN IRISH CHILDREN up in
2 years by 30%
ALCOHOL and SUBSTANCE ABUSE IN IRELAND up by 42%
(increased 42% in 5 years 2005 to 2010)
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE up from 2010 to 2011 by 15%
(11,000 women and children sought refuge in 2011 according to SAFE organisation).
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE up from 2010 to 2011 by 15%
(11,000 women and children sought refuge in 2011 according to SAFE organisation).
UNEMPLOYMENT has increased by 352%
( from 4.2% in 2007 to 14.8% by October
2012)
UNEMPLOYMENT among 15 to 24y group
nationally stands at 39%
UNEMPLOYMENT in the 15 to 25y group in
some areas is at 74%
HOUSE BUILDING homes built 8,488 has dropped over 90% since 2006 at 93,000, and is 20% down in one year.
BUSINESS INSOLVENCIES Up 13.30% from 2010.
(1,684 companies failed in 2012 alone)
HOUSE BUILDING homes built 8,488 has dropped over 90% since 2006 at 93,000, and is 20% down in one year.
BUSINESS INSOLVENCIES Up 13.30% from 2010.
(1,684 companies failed in 2012 alone)
FUEL POVERTY, (the decision to Eat or
Heat) estimated to affect 40% of citizens
FOOD POVERTY in 2010 was estimated to
be at 10%
FOOD PRICES have risen by an average of 12% in the last two years.
HOMELESSNESS up by as much as 45% in Dublin.
FOOD PRICES have risen by an average of 12% in the last two years.
HOMELESSNESS up by as much as 45% in Dublin.
(from 70 in 2010 to a current estimate of as much as 101)
RETAIL SALES are down by 5.50%
SUICIDES are up in 2011 from 2010 by 7%
TRUST in the Irish Government in a recent survey fell to a
mere 20%
DISSATISFACTION WITH GOVERNMENT stands
at 73%
POLITICIANS are the 2nd least trusted profession in Ireland.
(Only 14% of Irish people trust politicians - I wonder why? How about 26 TDs, members of the Irish Parliament, each claimed €5,000 expenses for August - when there are no sittings of the House)
POLITICIANS are the 2nd least trusted profession in Ireland.
(Only 14% of Irish people trust politicians - I wonder why? How about 26 TDs, members of the Irish Parliament, each claimed €5,000 expenses for August - when there are no sittings of the House)
DISPOSABLE INCOME SURVEY: 1.60 million Irish have €50 or less left each month
after paying for essentials. In other words, roughly 36% of the Irish
population have disposable income of €600 or less per year.
DISPOSABLE INCOME in lower income groups effectively down by nearly 19%
DISPOSABLE INCOME in lower income groups effectively down by nearly 19%
By contrast the imbalance in incomes:
INCOME FOR TOP IRISH EARNERS is up on
average by over 4%
DUBLIN CITY MANAGER salary €190,000
COUNTY MANAGERS salary €153,260
Compare salaries:
SPANISH PRIME MINISTER'S salary €78,185
Ireland
is
Seriously
Imbalanced
Ireland is a seriously imbalanced society, fiscally, socially, politically, morally, ethically, and psychologically. Traditional religious and spiritual values have all but vanished, and there is a major lack of ethical balance and moral leadership.
Harping-on while Ireland Burns - - A Painting by ShameUs O'ConMan
We, Ireland a country beggared and in hock to the IMF, pay our county managers twice the salary of the Spanish Prime Minister, even as the population at large suffers some shocking imbalances and deprivations. Rome, like an apple, rotted from the core because of it's moral degeneration. From the perspective of many Irish citizens, there are many parallels to be found between the fall of Rome and present day Ireland.
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