About 62,000 children in the Republic of Ireland live in consistent poverty, a children's group has said. ChildRightsIRL
Ms Ward told RTÉ's Morning Ireland that children living in consistent poverty are very aware of their situation and that has lifelong consequences for them.Ireland is out of step with the rest of Europe when it comes to hot school meals, Ms Ward said.
"Barnardos that have told us of stories where children in early years programmes have not eaten food and brought it home to feed their siblings. "So children are very aware of this. If children lived through this, particularly if they live through it persistently, it has lifelong consequences for them."She said the Irish Department of Children does not have a dedicated unit working on child poverty.She also pointed to Ireland's policy on hot school meals free meal scheme.
She said Ireland was "out of step" with the rest of Europe on hot school meals and that every school should benefit from a free meal scheme. She said a free school meal encourages students to come into school and enables them to concentrate better in the classroom.
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