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Poverty Impact Assessment Template

POVERTY IMPACT ASSESSMENT

Screening – This will inform the policy maker as to whether or not

STAGE 1

it is necessary to carry out a full poverty impact assessment. A brief overview or

background of the proposal should be set out at this stage.

Screening Tool

Is the policy, programme or proposal significant in

YES

POSSIBLY

terms of:

Overall National/Departmental Policy

The level and/or proportion of expenditure involved.

The change it will bring about in an existing policy or

procedure (specify).

Its relevance to those groups who have been identified as

being most vulnerable to poverty or social exclusion,

e.g.,

 Women

 Lone parent families

 Families with large numbers of children

 People with disabilities

 Unemployed

 Members of the travelling community

 People experiencing rural disadvantage

 People experiencing urban poverty

 Homeless

 Migrants and Ethnic minorities

 Others … specify

Also need to consider potential impacts on

inequalities which may lead to poverty.

If the answer is NO in all cases then it is not necessary to carry out a full poverty

impact assessment. In that case the summary sheet (p.27) should be completed and

returned to the Departmental social inclusion liaison officer, or directly to the Office

for Social Inclusion if there is no liaison officer.

If the answer is YES or POSSIBLY to any of the above a full poverty impact

assessment should be carried out following the steps outlined in Stage 2.

Where, however, it is very clear that a policy, programme or proposal would have no impact from a

poverty or social inclusion perspective, even though it may be significant, e.g., in terms of expenditure,

then a full PIA would not be necessary. The rationale for such a decision should be set out when

completing the summary sheet.

Poverty Impact Assessment Template