Measuring Quality of Life in Ireland Bill 2020

Public bill · Private Member · Introduced

It would require the Central Statistics Office and the National Economic and Social Council to publish new measures that go beyond GDP, so Ireland can track quality of life, well-being, inequality and how economic growth is shared. It also calls for annual “genuine progress” and income-distribution accounts, plus a report on how each Budget affects inequality, poverty and the spread of income and wealth. That matters because it would give policymakers and the public a fuller picture of whether the economy is improving people’s lives, not just producing more output.

Formal long title

Bill entitled an Act to confer functions on the Central Statistics Office and the National Economic and Social Council in relation to the publication of indices, to be known as Genuine Progress Indicators, designed to take fuller account of the quality of life and well-being of the community by incorporating environmental and social factors, in relation to the publication of National Distributional Accounts that aim to measure the distribution of national income and economic growth and in relation to an annual report on the impact of the Budget on economic and social inequality, poverty reduction and income and wealth redistribution; and to provide for related matters

Last updated 2 May 2025