Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 8 July 2025

Committee on Children and Equality

General Scheme of the Equality (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2024: Discussion

2:00 am

Nessa Cosgrove (Labour)
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I have learned so much from my time here and I thank all the witnesses for that. They have all mentioned that poverty often results from discrimination and inequality. Do they recommend the re-establishment of the Combat Poverty Agency? It dealt with issues such as low pay and all the structural inequalities that exist within society. Taking account of everything that we have discussed here, such as housing, low pay and equality, is there a case to re-establish the Combat Poverty Agency, which was very effective?