In the last few days there was a report issued by Trinity College Policy Institute which gave details of the minimum income required to achieve a basis living standard across a spectrum of cases.
One such case dealt with a pensioner couple.
I cannot find anything on this on the internet.
Does anyone have a link to the report or know what is the figure the instutute came up with.
"Study Establishes Cost of a Minimum Standard of Living for Irish Families
The study, presents the results of a year long research project which establishes the cost of a minimum essential standard of living for individuals and households across the entire lifecycle."
I'm trying to figure out from it what it suggests as the Minimum Income Standard for a family with three children, all in primary school, with one earned income.
If you look at table 14 of the report (page 102 of the pdf) it gives the expenditure for a pensioner couple, and then in table 22 (pg 132) it gives the incomes in various scenarios.