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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

MEETING OF SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

Monday, November 12, 2018

QUESTION NO. 29

QUESTION: Councillor F. Timmons

That the Chief Executive issue a report into the socioeconomic deprivation rates and stats within the South Dublin County Council area and outline how areas that are identified as suffering from high levels of socioeconomic deprivation are being helped?

REPLY:

Detailed analysis of the deprivation rates and supporting information for South Dublin is contained in the Pobal HP Deprivation Index published in 2017.  This index which is available on Pobal Maps (http://maps.pobal.ie), a free online Geographical Information System map viewer, outlines the deprivation score for various geographic units such as county, constituency, electoral division or small area.  Percentage data for the area is provided under a range of categories such as unemployment, educational attainment and population change. The data can also be extracted for further analysis through the geoprofiling viewer, and compared between the 2006, 2011 and 2016 censuses.

The Social Inclusion Community Activation Programme (SICAP) 2018-2022 for South Dublin, delivered by South Dublin Partnership and with oversight by the South Dublin Local Community Development Committee, aims to tackle poverty, social exclusion and long-term unemployment through local engagement and partnership between disadvantaged individuals, community organisations, public sector agencies and other stakeholders.  The SICAP provides a comprehensive range of initiatives to tackle disadvantage and deprivation targeting engagement with the most difficult to reach sectors in the most disadvantaged areas as identified by Pobal, with particular focus on youth and on interventions to address youth unemployment.