Roderic O'Gorman (Dublin West, Green Party) | Oireachtas source

The fact that the Government has now created a unit dedicated to tackling child poverty for the first time ever in the history of the State is very clear evidence of the fact that the Government is committed to addressing the needs of these children and families and doing so in a way that is not once-off but systemic and looks to tackle the causes of child poverty at its roots, be they issues to do with income support,access to education and early learning or family homelessness, which we know is a major predictor as to whether a child will experience poverty during that period. The Government is very much focused on tackling this issue and is putting in place the mechanisms that can bring forward real and meaningful policy change.

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