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  4. Debate contribution: Child Poverty

    I thank the Minister for giving way. We have already seen and heard how the Minister disregards evidence from experts in the sector, but now he is also dismissing evidence from the Scottish Government, who identify their child payment of £27·15 per week as having reduced the rate of children living in poverty by four…

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  5. Debate contribution: Child Poverty

    Thanks, Minister, for giving way. I have to say that you really need to wake up on this. There is nothing new in what you are saying. It is as though you have taken everything from the cupboard, fired it in the basket and painted it as something new, which is not the case. Barnardo's said that the overall strategy, in…

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  7. Debate contribution: Child Poverty

    I thank the Minister for giving way. When things are good, you, like the Education Minister. always love a wee pat on the back. All the organisations are saying that this will make no tangible difference. How are you going to make that right with those organisations? They are not just making it up, Minister.

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  10. Debate contribution: Child Poverty

    Thank you very much, Mr Deputy Speaker. I thank all those who contributed to the debate. It is an important issue. It is probably one of the most important issues that we face, because poverty is a curse, and child poverty is particularly egregious. Poverty limits potential and harms people and their life chances. I…

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  11. Debate contribution: Child Poverty

    I thank the Member for giving way. She is the Deputy Chair of the PAC, and I, as its Chair, agree that we have had a very worthwhile inquiry. However, one of the main criticisms and themes that came through was the silo working of the Departments. I understand that the Minister for Communities must lead on the…

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  12. Debate contribution: Child Poverty

    Does the Member agree that, although she has said that children cannot take care of themselves and thus rely on other people to take care of them, many children are, in fact, carers for their parents? We therefore need to ensure that those children are looked after in any strategy.

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  14. Debate contribution: Child Poverty

    Every child deserves the best start in life, and I believe that everyone in the Chamber agrees with that. Child poverty is devastating, but it does not exist in a vacuum. Rather, poverty affects families as a whole. Our aim should therefore be to address poverty in its entirety, and that is what the Communities…

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  15. Debate contribution: Child Poverty

    I thank the Member for giving way. I got in just ahead of the Minister. Does the Member agree that it comes down to a sheer lack of political will to tackle the problem in a meaningful way, that the Executive have been disastrous in dealing with the issue, and that, on the watch of the Minister and his colleagues…

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  18. Debate contribution: Child Poverty

    Over a year ago, the Assembly debated a motion from our party on this very topic. The Northern Ireland Audit Office had just published a report on child poverty, and it found that one in five children in Northern Ireland was living in relative poverty and that nearly 10% of households were unable to afford basic…

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  21. Debate contribution: Child Poverty

    I thank the Members who tabled this important motion. In my time in the Assembly, we have had a number of motions highlighting the need to tackle child poverty. Sadly, the current anti-poverty strategy is another false dawn for hard-pressed families in the North. I will be clear from the outset: it is the Minister for…

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  24. Debate contribution: Child Poverty

    The tone of the debate so far has been as it should be: muted and respectful. I think that, fundamentally, we are all quite ashamed that we have to have a debate on child poverty. Of course, child poverty does not exist in isolation from wider poverty levels. It is a deep-rooted and complex issue that requires a…

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  25. Debate contribution: Rural Housing Needs Assessment

    On a point of order, Mr Deputy Speaker. I apologise for not being in my place for a topical question. I was, as I previously briefed, at the funeral of a very important member of the Ulster Unionist Party. We send our party's regards to his brother on this sad occasion.

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