60. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the progress his Department is making in tackling child poverty. [12524/26]
Topics / Child Poverty
A subject heading for parliamentary questionsChild Poverty
108 questions from 42 TDs, between 5 February 2025 and 24 September 2026.
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73. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Social Protection if he would consider tabulating his annual child poverty target with the material deprivation rate together with the rate at risk of poverty (after housing costs) as opposed to the current formula which incorporates the former with the at risk of poverty rate (before housing costs); if he is aware that the current child poverty target obscures the tr…
85. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the progress his Department is making in tackling child poverty. [10097/26]
1012. Deputy William Aird asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the specific measures the Government is taking to reduce child poverty in rural areas, such as County Laois, where deprivation may be underreported; the way in which Tusla and the Ombudsman monitor whether interventions are achieving long-term reductions in child poverty rather than providing only short-term relief; the guarantees that…
122. Deputy Rory Hearne asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the progress his Department is making in tackling child poverty. [6126/26]
235. Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the progress his Department is making in tackling child poverty. [9928/26]
127. Deputy Naoise Ó Muirí asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the progress his Department is making in tackling child poverty. [1755/26]
224. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Taoiseach for an update on the ongoing work of the child poverty unit. [6415/26]
705. Deputy Catherine Ardagh asked the Minister for Social Protection if he will report on the new national child poverty target, which he recently announced. [3793/26]
711. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Social Protection for an update on the progress made towards a material reduction in rates of child poverty. [7091/26]
204. Deputy Rory Hearne asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the progress his Department is making to address child poverty. [3628/26]
53. Deputy Cathy Bennett asked the Minister for Social Protection his targets regarding the eradication of child poverty; his efforts to do so; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2893/26]
61. Deputy Naoise Ó Muirí asked the Minister for Social Protection the progress being made in reaching our 2030 goals in tackling child poverty. [2628/26]
1586. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Social Protection to provide an update on work underway to reduce child poverty, including progress against the Government's target to reduce consistent child poverty to 3%; to list the specific measures within Vote 37 that are being prioritised to support low-income families; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1907/26]
601. Deputy Jen Cummins asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality her plans to address child poverty before the Christmas period and further through the winter; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [72950/25]
87. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Taoiseach whether, in the context of the Government’s child-poverty target of reducing consistent child poverty to 3 percent or less by 2030, the statistic for “children experiencing consistent poverty” as published by the Central Statistics Office (or other measurement body) includes children who are living in emergency accommodation (including family homelessness or temporary e…
84. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Social Protection for an overview of the Budget 2026 measures to tackle child poverty; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62062/25]
87. Deputy Cathy Bennett asked the Minister for Social Protection if he will outline his targets regarding the eradication of child poverty; his efforts to do so; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62281/25]
115. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she is concerned that Budget 2026 will increase child poverty; the measures she will take to address this; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [59244/25]
77. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Taoiseach for an update on the work of the child poverty unit in his Department. [49646/25]
105. Deputy Aisling Dempsey asked the Minister for Social Protection if he will report on the new child poverty target that he recently announced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50586/25]
129. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Social Protection his views in light of the latest ESRI report, that successive Governments have failed to reduce child poverty; and that only radical measures will turn the tide. [50753/25]
133. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Social Protection if his Department has analysed the impact on child poverty of the previous Minister's decision to more than double penalty cuts to jobseekers' payments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50504/25]
151. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Social Protection if he is aware of the ESRI's recent findings from their report on 'Poverty, Income Inequality and Living Standards in Ireland' that almost one in five children are at risk of poverty after housing costs; if he is aware of the ESRI's recent finding that almost half of lone parent families are at risk of poverty after housing costs; if he has any plan…
159. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Social Protection when he expects to bring forward proposals on a new child poverty target; his views on the measures that will be most impactful in reducing child poverty; if he has considered the introduction of a targeted child benefit payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50588/25]