SDLP Youth: Save Our Children Now

national | miscellaneous | press release Tuesday May 15, 2007 22:51 by SDLP Youth - SDLP info at sdlpyouth dot com

SDLP Youth Member Clare Muldoon has responded to new figures released by Save the Children showing how desperate poverty is facing our young people.

Miss Muldoon said, “It is shocking to learn that 1 in 4 children here live in Poverty, and considering that Northern Ireland has the youngest population of any region in the United Kingdom, these figures are even more alarming. Approximately 27% of our population are under 18.”

“With 100,000 children currently living in poverty it is essential that the Assembly addresses this issue immediately. There has been a reduction in the amount of children living in Poverty in Northern Ireland but so much more has to be done.

“The New Assembly must take action and ensure that continual reduction and even speedier reduction to the amounts of Children living in Poverty is attained.”