John Brady (Wicklow, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

A Programme for a Partnership Government mentions the word "poverty" 19 times. We know from this year's Society of St. Vincent de Paul budget submission that more than 780,000 Irish citizens are living below the poverty line. That is 16.5% of the population. Interestingly, 105,051 of those citizens are currently in employment.

Alarmingly, the pre-budget submission from St. Vincent de Paul shows that it paid out more than €12.5 million in food vouchers to Irish citizens last year.

The Government has no anti-poverty strategy in place whatsoever. Where is the anti-poverty strategy? When will it be published?

See this speech in context