As part of a larger research programme with the Economic and Social Research Institute, my Department has commissioned two reports from the Institute. One of these reports concerns the identification of factors which are associated with short or long term poverty, based on the 1987 survey of poverty and income distribution which was carried out by the Institute. The Department has also been involved with the Institute in the development of a computer-based system to model the tax liabilities and social welfare entitlements of households and the Institute is preparing a report which outlines certain results from this in relation to the Family Income Supplement scheme. It is anticipated that both reports will be available for publication in 1994.
Identification of the cost of each report is not feasible, given that they represent only a part of an ongoing research programme with the Institute.