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2009

TASC-ICTU Hierarchy of Earnings, Attributes and Privilege (H.E.A.P) Report

Date Released: 18 Nov 2009

The equality think-tank TASC and the Irish Congress of Trade Unions have launched the Hierarchy of Earnings, Attributes and Privilege (H.E.A.P.) report, designed to present the facts about income inequality in Ireland in an accessible form.

Among its findings are that;

  • Five per cent of families live on incomes exceeding €134,000
  • 58 percent of families live on less than €40,000
  • 26 percent of families live on less than €20,000
  • When analysed in terms of occupation, only the managerial/professional occupation category makes its way to the very top of the H.E.A.P. (an annual income of €600,000)
  • Income distribution became more unequal between 1987 and 2005.  The distance between those at the top and those at the bottom widened.


Click here to download the full Report





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