Barnardos urges no cuts to child benefit

Children’s charity Barnardos is calling on the Government not to cut child benefit in next week’s budget

At the launch of its budget campaign in Dublin, the charity urged the Government to spare already hard-pressed families further hardship in the budget

Barnardos CEO Fergus Finlay said that, while ministers and EU commentators talk of Ireland emerging from the recession and the bailout agreement, parents around the country continue to feel despair and hopelessness at the extent of stress and financial pressure they are experiencing on a daily basis just to put food on the table for their children.