Government must act on recommendations

On May 18 the European Commission published its 2016 recommendations for the Irish Government.

These are priority areas, including reducing child poverty, broadening the tax base, alleviating household debt, increasing cost-effectiveness of healthcare, and improving availability of quality, affordable childcare that the commission urges the Government to particularly focus on.

Barnardos works with thousands of children and families across the country and the recovery has not been felt in their daily lives.