Who We Are | Strategic Plan | Annual Report | Our Board | Staff

Combat Poverty is a State advisory agency developing and promoting evidence-based proposals and measures to combat poverty in Ireland. We were established under the Combat Poverty Agency Act 1986, which sets out our four general functions: policy advice, project support and innovation, research, and public education.

Our aim is to promote a just and inclusive society by working for a poverty-free Ireland. We work to achieve this aim by:

• Conducting high quality research and innovative initiatives which are recognised for their rigour and creative approach
• Advising policymakers on effective and creative approaches to prevent and eliminate poverty
• Promoting our work among policymakers, the social partners, relevant community and voluntary sector groups and the public.

  Download the Combat Poverty Agency Act 1986 in PDF format:

On 1 July 2009 Combat Poverty will be integrated with the Office for Social Inclusion in the Department of Social and Family Affairs.

Our Work Programme and Strategic Plan

Under the Combat Poverty Agency Act we are required to prepare three-year strategic plans. Our most recent Strategic Plan was our seventh and covered the period 2005-2007 inclusive. Pending the outcome of the 2008 high-level review of the Agency, we developed an interim work programme for 2008-2009 which built on the work of the 2005-2007 Strategic Plan.

See the Our Work section of our site for further information on our strategic objectives and our how we work to implement them. Our Strategic Plans from 1990 to 2007 are available in our Strategic Plans Archive.

Annual Report

Combat Poverty reports annually to the Minister for Social and Family Affairs. Our current Annual Report is our 22nd and final report and is for the year 2008.

Download our 2008 Annual Report:

All our Annual Reports from 1987 to 2008 are available in our Annual Reports Archive.

Our Board

The members of the Board of the Combat Poverty Agency are appointed by the Minister for Social and Family Affairs. Members are appointed for a period of three years. There must be at least eight and not more than sixteen members of the board at any one time.

Our current Board members are:

Brian Duncan (Chair); Sharon Keane (Staff Representative); Anthony Gavin; Maria Gorman; Catherine Hazlett; Kitty King; Tony Lane; John Loughran; Brian Mahon; Peter McKevitt; John Monaghan; Tony O'Callaghan; Eugene Russell.

Staff

A listing of all Combat Poverty staff and their contact details is available in the Staff Directory.

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