Budget 2020 contained a number of measures to alleviate elements of child poverty. Eliminating child poverty should be a top priority for Government.”In a week we will vote in a general election, yet the issue has featured little in the election campaign to date. The Irish Times is returning to the parties less than a year on from the 2019 local elections – when it last posed the question: “What will you do to end child poverty?” The answers have changed little. The party says it will lift 70,000 children out of poverty and “make Ireland the most socially inclusive state in the EU”. Social DemocratsThe Social Democrats says a “clear target” for the elimination of consistent child poverty will be a “make or break issue” for entering government.

Source: The Irish Times February 01, 2020 06:00 UTC