Coalition is ‘failing vulnerable children’ - rights groups give Government's efforts D+

Children whose parents drink to excess, along with children who are homeless and others who are victims of crime are not being looked after by this Government, say children’s rights groups.

Little improvement is being made either in the lives of children living in poverty or those stuck in the asylum and refugee systems.

Furthermore, just one 24-hour state service for victims of sexual assault under the age of 14 exists in the country. The service in Galway had to shut temporarily, twice in the last two years, due to lack of funding.