{"id":1686,"date":"2021-09-23T12:06:58","date_gmt":"2021-09-23T11:06:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\/government-is-failing-children-in-poverty\/"},"modified":"2021-09-23T12:06:58","modified_gmt":"2021-09-23T11:06:58","slug":"government-is-failing-children-in-poverty","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\/ga\/government-is-failing-children-in-poverty\/","title":{"rendered":"Government Is Failing Children In Poverty"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>The Government missed its own unambitious target of lifting 70,000 children out of poverty by the end of 2020<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Government must act on child poverty and homelessness \u2013 and set up an Oireachtas Committee so that its progress can be monitored, according to Social Democrats Children\u2019s Spokesperson Jennifer Whitmore and Housing Spokesperson Cian O\u2019Callaghan.<\/p>\n<p>Deputy Whitmore said:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Ombudsman for Children has now recommended that an Oireachtas Committee on Ending Child Poverty and Homelessness be established \u2013 which echoes a D\u00e1il motion I introduced last year calling for an end to child poverty within the lifetime of this Government.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cInstead, the Government missed its own unambitious target of lifting 70,000 children out of poverty by the end of 2020. In the midst of a pandemic, where children bore the brunt of so much upheaval, a looming energy crisis and increase in fuel poverty on the horizon, it is hard to fathom that on top of it all, there are children dealing with homelessness.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Government must accept the Ombudsman\u2019s initiative to establish a Special Oireachtas Committee to end child poverty, just as the Social Democrats suggested over a year ago. Action must be taken now \u2013 not in another year, which many families simply cannot afford\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Deputy O\u2019Callaghan said:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe latest homeless statistics show that more than 2,000 children are currently living in emergency accommodation. We cannot allow this to continue. We must end child homelessness as a matter of urgency.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEvery child deserves somewhere safe, warm and secure to live and put down roots. Every child deserves a home. It is positive to see that the Ombudsman for Children is calling for the right to housing to be inserted into the Constitution.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere is a solution to the housing crisis &#8211; central to that is increased State investment in affordable and social homes. It is welcome that the Ombudsman for Children is echoing the call from the ESRI for the Government to utilise the low cost of debt to invest in housing. The Government must listen to this advice and take action.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>23 September, 2021<\/p>\n<p>Ends<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Government missed its own unambitious target of lifting 70,000 children out of poverty by the end of 2020 The Government must act on child poverty and homelessness \u2013 and set up an Oireachtas Committee so that its progress can be monitored, according to Social Democrats Children\u2019s Spokesperson Jennifer Whitmore and Housing Spokesperson Cian O\u2019Callaghan. 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