It pointed out that 'peak baby' and peak child' milestones were reached in 2010 and 2024, respectively. Policy Analyst with the NESC, Dr Gráinne Collins, told Newstalk that more comprehensive data is needed to plan for the future. "We don’t know, for instance, why women are not having as many babies as they say they want to," Dr Collins added. The report warned that Ireland risks having insufficient workers and tax revenues to support an ageing population, as fewer children are born in Ireland every year. We’ve now passed peak child, 2024, so that from now on there’s going to be 15,000 less children born each year in Ireland," Dr Collins said.

Source: The Herald December 30, 2025 08:03 UTC