Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 15 October 2025
Joint Committee on Social Protection, Rural and Community Development
Child Poverty: Discussion
2:00 am
Peter Roche (Galway East, Fine Gael)
For me, it would be critically important to have an understanding. You can keep throwing money at a problem forever, so to speak, but if there is an underlying issue or problem, domestic or otherwise, that is causing that level of poverty and needs to be managed or treated, it would be essential that there be some link to ensure you do not continue to feed something that is not getting the desired response or result.
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