Willie O'Dea (Limerick City, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

The Government made a commitment in the programme for Government that during the course of its lifetime it would substantially reduce poverty rates. In view of the facts that one in five children under the age of 17 years and one in six adults lives below the poverty line, and that 130,000 children have fallen below the poverty line in the last four years according to the recent UNICEF report, does the Taoiseach think the Government's objective will be realised by the end of its term?

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