Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

There are 2.3 million people at work and according to CSO figures, 1.4% are suffering from consistent poverty. Some 24,000 children were lifted out of poverty last year. While there are too many people in poverty in Ireland, there is no doubt that for four years it has been going in the right direction. There are more people at work, incomes are rising, fewer people, including children, are in poverty and in-work poverty has fallen to 1.4%. If one looks at this internationally-----

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