1. Mary Daly University of Oxford

2.  Income plus services  A range of services  Area based approach  Partnership basis  A universal approach or at least a balance between targeted and universal  Parents as well as children need to be targeted

3.  History and track record in regard to poverty  The New Framework (including the Tusla reorganisation)  The sub-target on child poverty  ABC programme

4.  The need for an integrated approach  Extent of prioritising of poverty  Underdevelopment of early childhood initiatives and other services (childcare)  Limited understanding/application of children’s rights

5.  Update the national action plan for social inclusion (and within that the child poverty strategy)  Renew a children’s rights approach  Deal with the matter of jobless households and low pay  Apply a consistent policy on income supports for families with children  Further develop a whole range of services  Have to do more for the children whom we are effectively failing