#### Key Profile for County Monaghan

This County Profile draws out some observations from a vast amount of available data. It is kept deliberately short, such as to draw attention to the most important findings only. The Pobal HP Deprivation Index scores presented in this report are based on the analysis carried out at the level of Small Areas (SA), the new census geography developed jointly by the Ordnance Survey of Ireland (OSI) and the Central Statistics Office (CSO).

Please note that the new HP Deprivation Index replaces all previously published data, as all data are computed in a consistent manner for the 2006 and 2011 census waves. Also note that the HP Index scores that are constructed from the SA-level analysis cannot be compared with those derived from an ED-level analysis as presented in the previous Area Profiles.

#### 1 Administrative Arrangements

- There is a single Partnership company operating within County Monaghan, Monaghan Integrated Development Limited, covering the whole county. The County Childcare Committee area also covers the entire county.
- There are two Family Resource Centres (FRCs) operating in County Monaghan:
- • Clones FRC is situated in Clones Urban (34003) and services Clones and its rural surroundings. The catchment area includes two EDs only.
- • Mullaghmatt/Cortolvin FRC is situated in the ED of Monaghan Rural (Pt.) (34063) and services Monaghan town and its rural hinterland. Its catchment area comprises four EDs.

#### 2 Absolute and Relative Deprivation

- • Overall, the Border Region is the most disadvantaged region of Ireland, and County Monaghan is the second most deprived local authority area within the region. Like any other part of the country, Monaghan has massively been affected by the economic downturn after 2007, reflected in the drop in the absolute deprivation score from -3.1 in 2006 to -11.1 in 2011. This represents a drop of 8.0, compared to a nationwide drop of 6.5. This greater than average drop also implies that the relative position of Monaghan has significantly worsened from the eleventh to the seventh most disadvantaged local authority area in Ireland.
- • As is the case in any county, there exists a degree of variation within County Monaghan. Whilst the county is not characterised by particular extremes of deprivation, the vast majority of EDs are below the national average. Of the 70 EDs in County Monaghan, 56 are marginally below average, six are in the disadvantage category, while eight EDs are marginally above average. The less disadvantaged areas are the rural areas surrounding Monaghan town and Ballybay as well as Corduff, with the rest of the county being quite evenly below the national average.
- • At a local level, the most disadvantaged EDs are Ballybay Urban (-13.0), Corracharra (-11.7), Clones Urban (-11.0), Castleblayney Urban District (-10.5), Drummully (-10.3) and Mullyash (-10.1), all of which fall into the ‘disadvantaged’ category. All other EDs are, at the most, marginally below the national average.
- • The most affluent EDs comprise Killynenagh (4.2) Rackwallace (1.8), Glaslough (1.5) and Enagh (1.3). However, even these four EDs are scoring just barely above the national average.
- • The catchment area of the Clones FRC has an overall (relative) index score of –7.8, which almost classifies the area as a disadvantaged area. With an index score of -11.0 Cones Urban itself falls into the ‘disadvantaged’ category.

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