From left: Social Democrats co-leaders Roisin Shortall with Catherine Murphy, Jennifer Whitmore TD and Holly Cairns TD this morning
This morning/afternoon.
Leinster House, Kildare Street, Dublin 2.
The launch of a Social Democrats Private Members’ Bill which will be brought to the Dáil tomorrow to ‘eliminate consistent child poverty’ by 2025.
Jennifer Whitmore TD, the party’s spokesperson for Children, said:
“Our motion calls on the Government to firmly state that they will eliminate consistent child poverty over the next five years and asks that they make that commitment in law to the children of Ireland. With political will, this can be achieved during the lifetime of this Dáil.
“We want the Government to legislate for this ambitious target, and establish a cross-departmental Child Poverty Unit, headed by the Department of the Taoiseach.
“The statistics are stark. One in five children under the age of 18 – that’s over 200,000 – are living in poverty in Ireland today. Of these, more than 90,000 children are living in consistent poverty.
“All previous Government targets to reduce child poverty have failed time and time again. These targets are meaningless unless there is a coherent, comprehensive and properly resourced approach, matched with the ambition to deliver.”
From the party that gave us Stephen Donnelly…. no thanks.
and yet better than the party that he turned coat to
Better ideologically for sure. But have no power and no prospect of getting it. Good on the campaign launches tho. Catherine is super on the twitter too, tut tutting from the sideline.
God love these lefties
right wingers god-bothering again
Complex problem with no simple solution unfortunately and won’t be solved by SD
I see that Tulsa are calling for temporary fostering for children due to Covid19 on the front page of the Northside News this morn.
The governments handling of Covid is a mess.
“Is there anything to be said for saying another mass lads? Or a new Mean Girls quote? Anyone? Anyone?”
not for hunger. what an original intrinsic bunch of enlightened humans