'More effort needed' to achieve poverty reduction targets
30/08/2006 - 08:05:32The Combat Poverty Agency says the Government is failing to achieve its own targets for tackling poverty in Ireland.
In its latest annual, the agency says the Fianna Fáil-Progressive Democrats coalition is still a long way from meeting its own deadline of reducing consistent poverty level to below 2% by next year.
It says current figures put the number of people living in consistent poverty at around 7%.
The CPA is calling for a more coordinated approach from government departments and anti-poverty agencies, saying there is no point in having objectives on paper if they are never implemented.
