Irish Government Children Expenditure Study 2019
The Irish Government's Department of Children and Youth Affairs conducted a pilot study in 2019 to analyze the expenditure on children. The report aims to develop a methodology for transparent assessment of spending on children to ensure it meets their current and future needs. Key findings indicate a substantial commitment towards child welfare. This study sets the groundwork for evaluating child expenditure across various government departments.
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IGEES Irish Government Economic and Evaluation Service Spending Review 2022 The Irish Government s Expenditure on Children in 2019: A Pilot Study of the Department of Children and Youth Affairs Grainne Collins, Luke Tully, Jamie McCarthy, Dearbhla Quinn-Hemmings, Nicola Tickner, Zach Matthews, and Andrew Collins Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth December 2022
Spending Review 2022 Overview, Aims & Objectives Overview Well-targeted spending on children is an investment in our future. Government supports their health and wellbeing. It assists each child in reaching their full potential. Given how important spending on children is, it is important to know how much the state spends on children. However, this amount is not known in detail. Ireland has commitments under the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child to begin tracking the use of resources for children throughout government budgets 2 Rialtas na h ireann | Government of Ireland
Spending Review 2022 Overview, Aims & Objectives Aims and Objectives This report is a pilot examination of the spending of the Irish Government on children, by the Department of Children and Youth Affairs in 2019 Our objective is to develop a transparent, robust, easily reproducible methodology that can be used to examine expenditure by departments on children This pilot study of expenditure estimation on children is the first step in, what we see as, a long-term process of understanding whether expenditure is sufficient to adequately meet the needs of those children, now and into the future. 3 Rialtas na h ireann | Government of Ireland
Spending Review 2022 Key Findings Key Policy Relevant Findings We calculate that DCYA spent 1,468,014,000 in 2019 on direct current expenditure that targeted children. This was 97% of the total spent by the DCYA in 2019 and demonstrates a sizeable commitment to the welfare of children. DCYA is one of many departments tasked with spending money on children. Our hope is that our methodology in this report can be used to evaluate spending by other departments with significant child expenditure 4 Rialtas na h ireann | Government of Ireland
