Even the most interfering nanny state cannot guarantee that a baby boost is actually spent on the child
rather than being splurged on a spa weekend or a new golf putter
One child in every five is living in deprivation in our reputedly rich republic. By last year’s headcount, there were 1,255,738 children in Ireland. Of that number, more than 131,000 – almost 11per cent of the child population – had a disability. Another 8,165 children were carers for family or friends, according to areport by O’Gorman’s Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth.
A report on the minimum essential standard of living published in the summer by the Society of St Vincent de Paul stated that the expenditure for a child of 12 or older is 60 per cent higher than for younger children. Even the most interfering nanny state cannot guarantee that a baby boost paid to parents is actually spent on the child rather than being splurged on a spa weekend or a new golf putter.
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