Eoin Hayes (Dublin Bay South, Social Democrats)

It is also worthwhile pointing out, if we are going to bring in things from outside the Minister's Department, that a huge part of child poverty is also housing. According to the ESRI, about 20% of children are now in consistent poverty when we take housing costs into account. In targeting child poverty, beyond payments like a second-tier of child benefit, it is important to address this in a holistic way. Education is important but we also need to tackle housing. If the Minister does not mind me saying so, that has been a major failure of preceding Governments and Ministers for housing. I am happy for the ESRI to come in and explain some of the things. I hope that the Department will also do that.