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

Why has it not been published to date? I welcome the fact that there is an anti-poverty strategy. Even though the economy is in better shape, problems persist and poverty does not seem to be reducing in tandem with economic growth. For example, 10,000 people are homeless, 50,000 lone parents are classified as living in deprivation, 102,000 people are considered to be the working poor, and 780,000 people are on incomes below the internationally accepted poverty line. The strategy is to run from 2018 to 2021. We are more than halfway through 2018 so when will the strategy be published?

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