104 Ms Fitzgerald asked the Minister for Social, Community and Family Affairs the extent of child poverty and his response to the NESF (No. 8) report which finds that 25% of children live in households whose income is below half the average income and that Irish children have the highest rate of income poverty in the EU; the measures he will take to ensure the Government's failure to poverty proof budget 2000 is not repeated; the action he will take to address this issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20267/00]

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104 Ms Fitzgerald asked the Minister for Social, Community and Family Affairs the extent of child poverty and his response to the NESF (No. 8) report which finds that 25% of children live in households whose income is below half the average income and that Irish children have the highest rate of income poverty in the EU; the measures he will take to ensure the Government's failure to poverty proof budget 2000 is not repeated; the action he will take to address this issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20267/00]

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1. 3 October 2000

   Priority Questions. - Child Support.

   104 Ms Fitzgerald asked the Minister for Social, Community and Family Affairs the extent of child poverty and his response to the NESF (No. 8) report which finds that 25% of children live in households whose income is below half the average income and that Irish children have the highest rate of income poverty in the EU; the measures he will take to ensure the Government's failure to poverty proof budget 2000 is not repeated; the action he will take to address this issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20267/00]

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