In a recent report card published by Children’s Rights Alliance, in relation to action on child poverty the Irish Government got a big fat ‘F’.
“The F is for failure” said Barnardos Ireland CEO, Fergus Finlay, on RTÉ’s Morning Ireland.
Failure indeed with child poverty up 10 percentage points to 28.6%, according to the latest figures produced by Unicef.
These figures are in stark contrast to the impression given by the Government. Tánaiste Joan Burton delights in telling us that she has protected core welfare payments, whether she is prompted to do so or not, yet the figures in this report show that regardless of the spin the reality on the ground is far from a picture of social protection. (more…)
Adam Ó Braonáin 