John Brady (Wicklow, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

The specific target of the Minister's Department is to remove 90,000 children from a consistent state of poverty. There needs to be a specific focus on that and an annual report specifically dedicated to it and the whole issue of child poverty. The Minister outlined a number of reports from the CSO. I am asking for a report on the specific targeted measures to lift 90,000 children out of poverty and on how the Minister will achieve it in the run up to 2020, which is the timeframe he has signed up to. The Minister has committed to lifting 90,000 children out of poverty. Having a specific report on an annual basis outlining the measures, statistics and all of that would be very useful.