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Up to 16pc of Irish children go hungry
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Report from the Irish Independent
IRELAND is one of the wealthiest nations in the world but 15pc of our children are experiencing “food poverty” due to parents being too busy to provide proper meals.A new report has found that children from middle-class families are suffering food poverty, while 16pc of all Irish children under the age of 18 have no food available to them when they are hungry.
The interesting point of the article is socio-economic breakdown.
At the lower end of the social scale, 15.3pc of teenagers reported food poverty while this rose to 15.9pc among middle-class children and 14.8pc in the higher social classes.
Clear this is more a issue of time poverty rather then actually financial poverty. This really then makes you wonder what Noel Ahern was saying he he said no mistakes have been made in planning. When people don’t have the time to feed their kids even though they have the financial ability to do so you have to wonder what are we at. I know it sound cynical to tack this point on but I think it matters as these people have real concerns, if they struggle to feed their kids how will they vote on a week night?
Very well put Simon. Do you have a link or anything to where Noel Ahern was quoted as saying no mistakes were made with planning? I don’t know how he can say that with a serious face. The long-term legacy of our current economic boom will be unending urban sprawl and lifeless social ghettos for housing estates with no schools, pitches or buses.
It is being reported on Newstalk in response to the Royal institute of architects saying there is problems.
http://www.newstalk.ie/newsFull.aspx
“while 16pc of all Irish children under the age of 18 have no food available to them when they are hungry”
In my experience Teenagers are always hungry. How many parents have heard “But I’m Hungry NOW!” and the classic “I’m Starving”. If you go into any school and ask the pupils do their parents feed them when they are hungry I’m actually surprised the figure that said no was as low as 16%. Remember also that they consider “food” to be mars bars & pot noodle. The bowl of fruit on the table is not considered food and is only there as a last resort should the local supermarket be hit by a comet. They rarely think beyond the next 10 minutes let alone the two hours to a proper healthy dinner. Parents giving into the constant demands for food instead of sticking (more or less) to a balanced healthy diet is a major factor in the obesity epidemic.
3 balanced healthy meals a day and no TV/Playstation prior to sunset are considered concentration camp conditions by most 15 year olds.
That is appalling! I can’t comprehend why people can’t cook for their children. I may be a housewife now, but when I worked fifty plus hours a week in America (12 days holiday, 6 weeks maternity leave) I still had a homecooked dinner on the table every night. People really need to evaluate their priorities! What’s more important - your job or your childrens health?