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on important benefits, such as the medical card andrent allowance. Benefits should be reduced graduallyas income increases rather than cutting benefits allat once, which might discourage parents fromgetting jobs.Ireland has made great strides in achieving its targetson child benefit, which is paid to all children regardlessof income. Much more needs to be done, however,through targeted allowances such as the ChildDependant Allowance (CDA), which is paid to familieson welfare and the Family Income Supplement (FIS),which is paid to working families on a low income.Income increases alone, however, will not solve theproblem of child poverty. The State provides generousincome support for families with children but doesn’tadequately assist families to meet the costs ofchildcare, education, healthcare and housing.Services to children – particularly health andeducation services – must be improved. Children fromdisadvantaged backgrounds need extra help to succeedin school. Pre-school childcare and education can givea child the extra advantage he or she needs to make asuccessful start.Extra supports are also needed to encourage childrento stay in school in order to secure their future. Parentsneed help particularly with school-related expensessuch as books and uniforms.Facts and StatisticsChild <strong>Poverty</strong> Rates in Ireland% at risk ofpovertyAges 0-14 20.2 11.1Total Population 17.0 6.9Source: EU-SILC 2006Rates of Household <strong>Poverty</strong> in IrelandHouseholds withchildrenHouseholdswithout childrenSource: EU-SILC 2006% at risk ofpoverty54.3 65.545.8 34.5% in consistentpoverty% in consistentpoverty• Ireland has one of the highest rates of child povertyin Europe.• 21.2% of children under age 15 are at riskof poverty. vii• 11.1% of children live in consistent poverty. viiThis is the highest level of consistent poverty acrossall age groups. ix• During the period 1994 – 2001 almost one in fiveIrish children lived in income poverty for five yearsor more. x• Members of households with children are almosttwice as likely to suffer consistent poverty as thosewithout children. xi10 11
• Children in lone parent households spendsubstantially more time in poverty than children intwo parent households.• The chance that a lone parent, with a child under 5,will get out of poverty was 66% lower than a loneparent with a child aged 12 to 17. xii• In 2006, 12.3% of the 18-24 year old populationwere early school leavers. xiii• One in ten children leaves primary school withserious literacy problems. xiv1213
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