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It also declined to commit to eliminating, not just tackling, child poverty in Ireland.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHaving previously dithered and delayed, the government must now be proactive and establish a special Oireachtas Committee on child poverty. The Committee should be tasked with supporting the establishment of a National Poverty Unit, as well as poverty-proofing policy proposals that impact on children and young people.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFurthermore, the Committee should examine various social welfare payments, and their rates, with a view to targeting support at lone-parent families and families on low and fixed-income &#8211; those most at risk of poverty.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is important that the government responds constructively to this alarming report from the Children\u2019s Rights Alliance. A special Oireachtas Committee on child poverty could examine the root causes, and solutions, to issues including social exclusion, homelessness, food poverty, income inadequacy, educational disadvantage and healthcare deficits.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cChild poverty has lifelong consequences \u2013 limiting children\u2019s education, their aspirations, their wellbeing and their potential. The government must act.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>13 July, 2022<\/p>\n<p>Ends<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Child poverty has lifelong consequences \u2013 limiting children\u2019s education, their aspirations, their wellbeing and their potential. A special Oireachtas Committee to tackle worsening child poverty rates must be established, according to Social Democrats Children\u2019s Spokesperson Jennifer Whitmore. 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