Séamus Healy (Tipperary South, Independent)

I seek the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 31 to raise a matter of national importance, namely, the need for the Government and the Dáil to acknowledge that it is unforgivable that one in ten children — approximately 100,000 children — is living in consistent poverty, and calls on the Minister for Finance in his budget to prioritise the eradication of child poverty and include the introduction of a new targeted child income support and increase the child dependant allowance to a minimum of €25 per week, as this payment has not been increased since 1994.

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