Mr. Paul Ginnell:

It is exactly that point. Children do not live in isolation; they live in households. We mentioned benchmarking core welfare rates to adequacy and on top of that looking at additional supports needed in child income supports and so on or for other household types. We also mentioned it is not all about income. It has to be initially but there has to be long-term investment in childcare, housing, transport and other areas people need. In Ireland, a lot of people need money in their pockets because they pay for these services but if one invests in good-quality accessible public services, it reduces the amount of work the Department of Social Protection and other Departments have to do to chase those costs. That has be part of the picture. In a broader strategic way, we have to look at inequality in society generally. Wealth inequality was mentioned at the beginning. It is important that we look at inequality in our society, its impact and how to address it. It has a wide range of impacts on how people understand the need for this type of investment that ensures everybody can live a decent life.