Reduce child poverty through the dedicated programme office

What this means

• This is a government commitment made on 23 January 2025 to reduce child poverty in Ireland through a dedicated office based in the Department of the Taoiseach.[source]
• The Child Poverty and Wellbeing Programme Office will be kept in place and given resources to act on its priorities under this commitment.[source]
• The commitment sits within the children and youth policy area and falls under the responsibility of Taoiseach Micheál Martin.[source]
• It is listed as in progress, meaning action has begun but no final delivery date has been set, making ongoing monitoring important for accountability.[source]
• Placing this office in the Department of the Taoiseach signals that tackling child poverty is treated as a cross-government priority at the highest level.[source]

Direct impact (2)

• delivery owned by body
  Department of the TaoiseachBody
• delivery owned by officeholder
  Micheál MartinOfficeholder

Indirect impact (7)

Two-hop relationships traced through the entity above. Useful for spotting downstream knock-on effects.

• delivery owned by officeholder → holds role: Teachta Dála2-hop via micheal-martin
  Dáil ÉireannBody
• delivery owned by officeholder → holds role: Taoiseach2-hop via micheal-martin
  TaoiseachBody
• delivery owned by body → owns statutory mandate2-hop via dept-taoiseach
  Support to the Taoiseach and the GovernmentMandate
• delivery owned by body → holds role: Minister of State at the Department of the Taoiseach with special responsibility as Government Chief Whip; and the Department of Health with responsibility for Mental Health2-hop via dept-taoiseach
  Mary ButlerOfficeholder
• delivery owned by body → holds role: Secretary General to the Government and Secretary General of the Department of the Taoiseach2-hop via dept-taoiseach
  John CallinanOfficeholder
• delivery owned by body → responsible for commitment2-hop via dept-taoiseach
  Continue investment through the Shared Island FundCommitment
• delivery owned by officeholder → member of party2-hop via micheal-martin
  Fianna FáilParty