From the Central Statistics Office
This morning.
The Central Statistics Office published its results from a survey on income and living conditions in Ireland in 2017.
It found the mean annual household disposable income in 2017 was €48,476 which represents a 4.7% increase on the 2016 figure of €46,310.
It also reported:
The at risk of poverty rate, which is the share of persons whose equivalised income was less than 60% of the national median equivalised income, was 15.7% compared with 16.2% in 2016. This change is not statistically significant.
Enforced deprivation is defined as not being able to afford two or more deprivation indicators; such as keeping the home adequately warm or buying presents for family/friends at least once a year. The percentage of people considered to be experiencing enforced deprivation was 18.8%, down from 21.0% in 2016; this is a statistically significant change.
The most common types of deprivation experienced by Irish households were an inability to afford to replace worn out furniture (20.4%), to afford to have family or friends for a drink or a meal once a month (13.9%) and to afford a morning, afternoon or evening out in the last fortnight (13.2%).
Finally, the consistent poverty rate which includes those persons who are defined as being both at risk of poverty and who are also experiencing enforced deprivation, was 6.7%. This is also a statistically significant change on the 2016 figure of 8.2%.
Read the report in full here