Robert Troy (Longford-Westmeath, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I am coming to it, a Leas-Cheann Comhairle, if you would allow me to speak. However, the Tánaiste did not allude to the fact that the same report gave the Government an F grade on child poverty. As Mr. Fergus Finlay said, an F grade was allocated based on a total and utter failure concerning child poverty. This comes at a time when the Tánaiste is espousing economic recovery. CSO figures have confirmed that the number of children in constant poverty has doubled in recent years.

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