Investment in services key to ending child poverty, says analyst
Politicians ‘queasy’ about addressing problem as it requires subsidising low-income families
ESRI analyst Prof Richard Layte said: ‘We’re still not seeing investment in community services and the early environment.’ File photograph: Frank Miller
Lone-parents support group Spark held a conference on poverty in such households in Dublin on Friday. File photograph: Dave Thompson/PA Wire
Politicians were “queasy” about tackling child poverty because it would involve improving the living standards of their parents, a senior analyst with the Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI) has said.