Child Poverty Seminar
Seminar: Child Poverty
The Irish Social Policy Association is delighted to host an evening, in-person seminar on Wednesday 10th April from 6.30pm to 8.30pm on the topic of child poverty, which is being held in the Carmelite Community Centre, Aungier Street, Dublin D02 T258.
Three guest speaker will give different perspectives on child poverty:
Dr Anna Visser, Principal Officer at the Department of the Taoiseach’s new Child Poverty and Well-being Programme Office will speak about the work of that unit.
Dr Barra Roantree, Assistant Professor in Economics at Trinity College Dublin, will give an overview of the poverty statistics and will also speak about his proposal (with Karina Doorley) of a means-tested second tier child benefit payment as a measure to reduce child poverty.
Dr Naomi Feely, Senior Research and Policy Manager at the Children’s Rights Alliance, will give an advocacy perspective.
Attendance at the seminar is free-of-charge to members of the Association, and non-members are welcome to attend for a fee of €5. Alternatively, non-members are welcome to join the association on the night.
Please email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. to confirm your attendance
You can see the seminar presentations here:
Child poverty in Ireland (and ways to reduce it) - Dr Barra Roantree, Department of Economics, Trinity College Dublin
Child Poverty and Well-being Programme Office - Dr Anna Visser, Principal Officer at the Department of the Taoiseach’s Child Poverty and Well-being Programme Office
CPWPO_Presentation_ISPA_10.04.2024_compressed.pdf
Child Poverty – an advocacy perspective - Dr Naomi Feely, Senior Policy and Research Manager
ISPA_prs_NF_April_2024_compressed.pdf