MINIMUM ESSENTIAL BUDGET STANDARDS HEALTHY FOOD FOR ALL 20 TH NOVEMBER 2013 Vincentian Partnership for Social Justice PROJECT TEAM Director Dr Bernadette Mac Mahon D.C. Research Associate Gráinne Weld Research Associate Robert Thornton www.budgeting.ie & www.MISc.ie
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MINIMUM ESSENTIAL BUDGET STANDARDS HEALTHY FOOD FOR ALL 20 TH NOVEMBER 2013 Vincentian Partnership for Social Justice PROJECT TEAM DirectorDr Bernadette.
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The VPSJ was established in 1996 to work for social and economic change tackling poverty and exclusion.Four Partners:• The Society of St. Vincent de Paul• The Daughters of Charity• The Sisters of the Holy Faith• The Vincentian Congregation
Include People from different socio-economic backgrounds (8 – 12 people per focus group).
• Focus Group work preceded by orientation meeting.• 3 different focus groups for each household type:
Focus Group 1: Produces an agreed list of itemsFocus Group 2: Reviews work of 1st group – reach consensusFocus Group 3: Rechecks items in each category Study total costs for each category Reaches final consensus
• The expenditure establishes the benchmark of what household types need. From this the income need of household types can be examined
• Social WelfareWhere household types are solely dependent on social welfare, e.g. unemployed and pensioners, the adequacy of the household’s total social welfare income is measured against the household’s expenditure need
• Employment – National Minimum Wage (NMW)Total household income when earning the NMW is calculated, including tax liability and any social welfare entitlement (e.g. Family Income Supplement). The adequacy of this income is measured against the household’s expenditure need.
• Minimum Income Standard (MIS)When the National Minimum Wage is inadequate the household’s MIS is calculated. This is the gross income a household needs in order to afford a minimum standard of living. It takes account of the potential tax liability and social welfare entitlements of the household in question.
Household Menu (Cont’d)Mid Afternoon Dinner Evening Snack4 x 2 plain biscuits
4 x medium size oranges
2 x 200ml glass of diluted orange
2 x cup of tea/coffee with 35ml of milk
4 x beef stew with portion of carrots, portion of onions, portion of broccoli and 7 medium size boiled potatoes (two each for parents and 15 yr old, 1 for 10 yr old)
4 x 200ml glass of milk
4 x white scones with small portion of flora and jam 2 slices of white bread, toasted with slice of ham and small portion of flora (15 year old)