Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin
Question:152. Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin asked the Minister for Social Protection when the next edition of the Social Inclusion Monitor will be published; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1887/14]
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The Department developed the Social Inclusion Monitor, in consultation with the technical advisory group on poverty data and indicators, to report on progress towards the national social target and the Irish contribution to the Europe 2020 poverty target. It also reports on supporting indicators which capture key dimensions of poverty and on contextual indicators relating to lifecycle and vulnerable groups. The Monitor is primarily based on statistics from the annual Central Statistics Office Survey of Income and Living Conditions (SILC), the official data source for national and EU poverty indicators. The inaugural Social Inclusion Monitor 2011 was published by the Department in March 2013. Unfortunately, there has been a delay in the CSO publication of the 2012 SILC results. Once these are available, the Department will finalise and publish the Social Inclusion Monitor 2012.