1. JIM WALSH SOCIAL INCLUSION DIVISION, DSP LEADER presentation Government policies for social inclusion 1

2. Poverty Measures & Trends Poverty = inadequate income & resources exclusion from everyday activities can be intergenerational and cumulative

3. UPDATED AND EXTENDED Policy framework

4. Whole-of- government approach to child poverty Income Employment Services

5. European Dimension Headline target to lift 20 million people out of poverty & social exclusion Inclusive labour markets Horizontal issue for structural funds Action by IE in relation to household joblessness

6. Poverty Targets Targets Effective target Overall 2% or less (4% by 2016) -6.2pp (2016: - 4.2pp) Children 70,000 (3.2%) -101,000 (-8.5pp) Europe (combined measure) 200,000 (26.6%) -510,000 (-11pp) 6

7. Household Joblessness 14% Adults 16% Children

8. Responding to household joblessness 8

9. Pathways to Work

10. Rural poverty employment, esp. for jobless households demography service delivery community initiatives costs of rural living welfare reform data collection & analysis

11. Role of civil society in tackling poverty Community development Service providers Social enterprises Advocacy groups Social Inclusion Forum UN day for eradication of poverty

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