NO CHILD 2020  

It shall be the first duty of the Government of the Republic to... secure that NO CHILD shall suffer hunger or cold from lack of food, clothing, or shelter, but that all shall be provided with the means and facilities requisite for their proper education and training as Citizens...

Declaration of 1st Dáil, January 1919

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No Child 2020: The project These policy ideas are starting points in a strategy to eliminate child poverty
 
Fintan O'Toole The problems children face in Ireland and the policies that could solve them
 
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Budget 2020 marked a shift in the right direction, child advocates believe. Photograph: Getty Images Budget took important ‘small steps’ on No Child 2020 themes
Young girls from Mount Carmel Girls Secondary School at the Famine Memorial statues on Custom House Quay, Dublin, Photograph: Laura Hutton/The Irish Times Eradication of poverty event told of direct provision hardship
Free meals for children are a recognised, targeted intervention to tackle child poverty. File photograph: Getty Free school meals pilot scheme to be allocated €160,000 in 2020
Tracy Carroll and her daughter Willow at their home. Photograph: Tom Honan Children of Jack and Jill: ‘You worry you might get that call’
Kerrie Nelson and her son James with nurse Naomi Jackson. Photograph: Tom Honan ‘I have hard days, days here crying over him for hours’
Twins Molly and Jack Clearly Flynn enjoy a pre-Culture Night event at a “Beag” performance at the Crawford art gallery in Cork. Photograph: Clare Keogh Children have a right to access art and culture
Our Lady of Lourdes, Goldenbridge, Inchicore, Dublin. Zofia and Jodie with second-class teacher Aishling O ‘Dywer and Tonya Hanly, principal of Our Lady of Lourdes Goldenbridge. Photograph: Tom Honan/The Irish Times. Hot school meals for all a solid start in battle against child poverty
Minister for Social Protection Regina Doherty: current situation ‘not a great way to do things’. Photograph: Dara Mac Dónaill Minister open to idea of separate agency for child support payments
The specific measures outlined by the Children’s Rights Alliance would cost just under €300m. File photograph: Getty Images Economic analysis: How to achieve the goals of No Child 2020

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No Child 2020 is an initiative by The Irish Times, providing a sustained focus on child welfare and children’s issues