Children's Alliance: Children left out in the cold [IrishExaminer]
- Published: 08 December 2010
The Children’s Rights Alliance have said cuts across the board in social welfare, child benefit, education, health and various other Departments have a "massive cumulative impact on children".
The group said that Minister for Finance Brian Lenihan’s speech yesterday only gave a snapshot of the Budget’s impact on children’s futures.
They said: "Children have been left out in the cold by this Budget."
The group outlined as the positives from the Budget for children included the allocation for the Constitutional Referendum on Children’s Rights in 2011 and also for the delivery of the Ryan Report Implementation Plan.
They also commended the maintaining of funding for Universal Free Pre-School Year and the €15m commitment to priority mental health projects.
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