The current anti-poverty strategy has been completely ignored by Fine Gael and Labour. Child Poverty has doubled since 2008 while poverty rates for Lone Parents remain particularly high. Within 6 months we would develop a New Anti-Poverty Strategy, with clear targets, timeframes and lines of responsibility, and with families as a key focus (see Child Poverty section for more initiatives in this area); All Budgets would be properly poverty-proofed and set against the targets set down by the new anti-poverty strategy.
for limiting the welfare state, for example public funding for social services or social security, e.g. private care before state care