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carbon efficiency programme, SCEP, which is helping farmers to improve carbon efficiency in livestock production. My Department participated alongside other Departments in the food poverty working group and developed the 2024 action plan on food poverty, a cross-sectoral response to that issue. Ireland’s food security … underpinned by strong national and EU frameworks, continuous policy integration under Food Vision 2030 and targeted actions to strengthen local production, reduce food poverty and build a sustainable and resilient food system

children waiting at the front door for food. That is a very sad reflection on society today. Many people living in food poverty are living in remote rural areas and can quite easily go unnoticed. Every day, there are thousands of meals delivered. This is an issue that … difficult a situation might be. I call on the Government and the Minister to do everything humanely possible to rid our country of food poverty and homelessness

sustain employment? How can we support business? Importantly, how can we support workers? If we look at the level of working poverty and food poverty, we have been in the midst of a cost-of-living crisis for more than five years. One of the key parts … rising prices businesses push up the cost because they know they can do so. We can see this in housing and basic grocery foods. In what is likely to be another situation of rising costs for working people, the Irish Government has to look

Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will commit to developing an integrated national food security strategy that strengthens local production, addresses food poverty and ensures that our food system is both environmentally and socially sustainable (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter

Government support. They call for exactly what is missing, which is a joined-up national food security strategy that supports local production, tackles food poverty and builds resilience within the system. We cannot keep relying on imported food or cheap prices that come at a high social

households needing to earn an additional €4,000 per year just to stay in the same financial place they were in in 2021. Food poverty is very real today. The humanitarian assistance scheme promised to meet the cost of essential needs, such as food, clothing and personal items

needs to get our housing stock in order at the same time. We need to ramp up renovations, particularly for those living in food poverty. Energy costs for householders have spiked and the crisis in the Middle East, coming on the tail of the Ukraine war, shows that … more comfortable and help us meet our climate goals as well. Without a plan, too many households will face a choice of food or heat this winter. As new weather records are set across Europe, the Government has an opportunity to act on both climate and household costs

support disadvantaged groups and people such as the long-term unemployed, people with disabilities and our Traveller community, or addressing issues such as food poverty or environmental matters. I had the privilege of being with the Lord Mayor of Dublin, Councillor Ray McAdam, at the Dublin city social … public watching and listening will be familiar with social enterprises that work in our communities such as FoodCloud, which redistributes surplus food from supermarkets to those who need it. To see what it does at first hand is extraordinary. I could also mention Rehab Recycling, which employs people

first half of 2026 and will, for the first time, have a specific focus on child poverty. Our commitment to reducing child poverty is reflected in investment in concrete support to the families and children who are most in need. The last two budgets, those … will go through it in detail. That is a €320 million investment on the part of the Government to address child food poverty in particular. Those glitches cannot be allowed to hide a very important programme. We delivered a holiday meals pilot project this summer, which provided meals

such as the long-term unemployed, people with disabilities, migrants, the Traveller community and former offenders. They can address societal issues, such as food poverty, housing provision and the environment. With this policy, Ireland has taken a bold step. However, it will only be a bold step

Having access to food is a basic in a functioning society, not a luxury, yet too many families across the State are experiencing food poverty. How is this acceptable to the Government? At the same time, we see supermarkets operating in Ireland making eye-watering profits

outside the home. They are at greater risk of mental and emotional difficulties, more likely to be bullied and more prone to experiencing food poverty. Caring is also a risk factor for children and young people's mental health and well-being. This is often little understood

public services and infrastructure that belies our status as a rich country; growing wealth at the top alongside shameful levels of child poverty; high food prices that just keep climbing; the second highest energy costs in the European Union; a housing supply and affordability crisis; rising rents

Rights Alliance tells us that between 24 and 25 there has been an increase in the proportion of individuals living in consistent poverty and experiencing food deprivation. There is an awful lot of talk about a social media ban for children under 16 years

Government intends to spend over €630 million a year to reduce Value Added Tax (VAT) on food and catering hospitality, while the number of children living in consistent poverty and homelessness continues to increase; and — the reduction in VAT: — will be of most benefit to those businesses with … that would help to support many working families who are struggling to keep the lights on and food on the table. We need a radical reset to address child poverty and homelessness. We need a policy reset that lifts households out of poverty and provides a basic standard

Over 225,000 children live below the poverty line in this country. How are families meant to get out of poverty in Ireland in 2025? Food is getting more and more expensive. Food is not an optional extra. It is an everyday basic need. People are working

register shows it. The Government has bent to those lobbyists instead of protecting renters. Renters are already struggling - they are in poverty and they cannot afford food, basics and healthcare. Families are going into homelessness as a result of this and what the Government has done today

Government is planning to hand over €675 million in unnecessary VAT cuts to hotels, restaurants and fast food chains when one in five children is living in poverty. Employment in hospitality is up 6.6% this year. There are 13,200 more people working in the sector than there … Government any time he wants. Can a parent struggling to put food on the table for their family do that? Can a child who is going to bed hungry? No. The Government has already worsened child poverty by delaying a living wage for low-paid workers by three

Finance Bill supposed to help? The developers and fast-food chains are clearly delighted, but what about people who are actually struggling to get by? The withdrawal of cost-of-living measures is pushing more people into poverty. There should have been targeted cost-of-living measures … disabled people struggling to keep the lights on. The Government could have lifted 40,000 children out of poverty. Instead, it lifted profits for developers and fast-food chains. That was its choice. That is what the Finance Bill represents: greed over decency. An excellent report by Oisín

accounted for. How can this Government justify spending over €630 million a year to reduce VAT on food and catering hospitality while the number of children living in consistent poverty and homelessness continues to increase? This reduction in VAT will benefit those businesses with the highest of turnovers … between rent and food. It means investing in wraparound services, mental health, education and healthcare, all of which lifts children out of crisis and into possibility. It also means listening to the parents who feel forgotten, the teachers who see daily the effects of poverty, and the children

west, the main streets are festooned with empty properties. Empty properties in the middle of a housing crisis is akin to exporting food in the middle of the Famine. It is absolutely wrong. The main streets of towns right across the west, such as Claremorris, are literally falling … housing crisis. It is absolutely wrong. I want to talk about older people and those living in poverty. A €10 pension increase for older people when inflation has pushed food prices well beyond that is wrong. We need to make sure pensions are indexed to the average wage

gives those people who are living hand to mouth and who barely have enough to cover the cost of everything, from putting food on the table to keeping their heat or whatever going, great trouble. This measure will facilitate the crowd with the expensive houses worth more than … sadly missing, and I am asking that it be brought back. As already stated, many people are living in poverty. Many are poor and struggling to put food on the table. It gives them a lot of trouble, and I feel for those people. There should be some

pressure. There are 5,000 children are homeless and that one in five children is growing up in constant poverty. That will be the legacy of this Government. Food prices are up, energy prices are up, childcare fees are up and college fees are up. Rents, when … constituency told me that the one small treat she had was bringing her kids out at the weekend. That is gone because her food bill has shot up by 20%. That is the reality we are living in. The gap between those who have and have

able to pay the basic bills. In my constituency to respond and support families struggling with back-to-school costs, the Finglas voluntary food and family support service, Feed Our Homeless, last year organised help for families with a pop-up shop for school uniforms and shoes. This … same as what it has given in tax breaks to developers, investor funds and large fast-food giants. Childhoods pass quickly. No child should have their future limited by poverty. Every child deserves a fair start in life and a chance to thrive. Child poverty is not inevitable

just cannot. That is all of her benefit for the week. This is how people are being plunged into poverty. What is she to do for her food, fuel and everything else for that week? It is okay centralising health services and we all need the centres

Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will commit to developing an integrated national food security strategy that strengthens local production, addresses food poverty and ensures that our food system is both environmentally and socially sustainable (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter

Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Social Protection the plans to address rising rates of food poverty, particularly in relation to the continuation of lunch and breakfast programs for school-aged children through the summer; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46281/26

Social Protection to provide an update on progress in respect of fulfilling the Government’s commitment to Sustainable Development Goal 2 (ending food poverty by 2030). [43586/25

Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Social Protection to list the level of food poverty in each of the electoral areas of Ennis, Ennistymon, Killaloe, Kilrush, and Shannon, in County Clare for each of the years 2011 to 2024, in tabular form; and if he will make

Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the level of food poverty in each of the electoral areas of Ennis, Ennistymon, Killaloe, Kilrush, and Shannon, in the County of Clare for each of the years 2011 to 2024, in tabular form