Second-tier of child benefit, rent prices and undergraduate study between Ireland and NI
Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI)
Advancing evidence-based policymaking that supports economic sustainability and social progress in Ireland.
Second-tier of child benefit has potential to take more than 40,000 children out of poverty
Child poverty could be reduced by a quarter by introducing a means-tested second-tier of child benefit.
The payment would cost around €700 million per year, benefiting more than 100,000 households.
A second-tier of child benefit is far more effective at reducing child poverty than similarly costed increases in universal Child Benefit or means-tested IQCs (Increases for a Qualified Child), which would reduce child poverty by less than half as much.
New data shows sitting tenants paying markedly lower rents than new tenants
This research compares new rental tenancies with existing tenancies registered between April and September 2022.
For similar properties across the country, rents faced by existing tenants are 15.2% lower than those faced by new tenants. In Dublin, more than one in five existing tenancies are above €2,000, compared to nearly two-fifths of new tenancies.
The largest gaps between the rents paid by sitting and new tenants are found in the northwest, west and parts of the Midlands, with smaller gaps in the east of the country.
Institutional barriers limit cross-border student mobility
There are relatively low levels of student mobility between Ireland and Northern Ireland. This is influenced by differences in higher education entry requirements, the costs of studying and, in Northern Ireland, the cap on university places.
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