# Child poverty
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Last year
2023
Social Protection
Government plans to extend child benefit to over-18s still in school as part of Budget
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Sep 15th 2023, 3:37 PM
ESRI
Means-tested extra child benefit payment could lift 40,000 children out of poverty
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48.4k
Sep 7th 2023, 6:00 AM
child services
Varadkar: 'There are a lot of good things about being a child in Ireland, but huge deficits too'
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11.7k
Jul 30th 2023, 6:00 AM
budget 2024
Tax package, energy and business supports to form part of October's giveaway budget
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20.3k
Jul 26th 2023, 12:02 PM
Child Poverty Monitor
Over 236,000 children in Ireland are living in poverty according to a new report
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7.8k
Jun 8th 2023, 1:51 PM
Cost of Living
650,000 families to receive an additional €100 per child in benefit payments today
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13.9k
Jun 6th 2023, 8:51 AM
All time
Cost of Living
Children falling into poverty more quickly than rest of population, says charity
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9.7k
Jul 13th 2022, 6:54 AM
budget 2019
Minister promises to take 'significant' action in the next Budget to pull thousands of children out of poverty
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16.9k
Jul 21st 2018, 7:30 AM
FACTCHECK
FactCheck: Is Willie O'Dea right to say Ireland has the highest child poverty rate in the OECD?
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19.9k
Dec 11th 2016, 9:30 PM
Child poverty
There are 78,000 disadvantaged schoolchildren receiving free breakfasts
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13.3k
Jul 19th 2016, 6:05 AM
FACTCHECK
FactCheck: Does Northern Ireland really have four times more homelessness than us?
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Feb 21st 2016, 8:30 PM
wrong place
Teenage girl who attempted suicide says chats with nurses saved her
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11.6k
May 22nd 2015, 4:15 PM
national scandal
The number of children living in poverty could fill Mayo
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11.2k
Feb 23rd 2015, 5:03 PM
Prime Numbers
Nudity, Facebook, and the 1916 Rising: The week in numbers
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Nov 1st 2014, 7:30 PM
Child poverty
More than 130,000 children slipped into poverty during the recession
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6.8k
Oct 28th 2014, 8:11 AM
Poverty
Irish households saw one of the biggest falls in income after 2007
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8.5k
May 15th 2013, 2:45 PM
Ireland
Can we end EU child poverty? Experts to discuss taking action
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3.5k
Apr 10th 2013, 9:03 AM
Social Welfare
New child benefit will hurt poorer families, says Vincent de Paul
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5.6k
Feb 21st 2013, 6:45 AM