John Brady (Wicklow, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

This morning, Barnardos launched its Lost Childhood campaign in recognition of the one in seven children, that is, more than 170,000 children whose childhoods and futures are being written for them through circumstances completely out of their control and because of poor policy on the part of the Government. One in seven children are lost to homelessness and poverty. Three thousand children in this State are currently homeless in emergency accommodation. I totally agree with what Fergus Finlay said this morning, namely, that children are the forgotten scandal within this State. The Government's commitment as part of the programme for Government is to lift 113,000 children out of poverty by 2020. Can the Taoiseach outline clearly how he intends to achieve those figures?

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