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Incontestable value of early years intervention confirmed once more in UK report |
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Underpinning the life-enhancing and cost-effective work that Home-Start performs, the author of a recent UK report on early years intervention, Graham Allen MP, says that "socially and emotionally capable people are more productive, better educated, tax-paying citizens helping our nation to compete in the global economy, and make fewer demands on public expenditure”. |
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Minister White TD visits Swords |
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Paul Martin, Michael Kennedy TD, Minister Mary White TD, Valerie Hegarty, Trevor Sargent TD, Darragh O'Brien TD |
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Young families being hit by the recession |
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The impact of the recession is being felt worst by families with young children and high mortgages or those in rental accommodation. This is one of the gravest social problems now facing the country and one which will only escalate if early intervention is not provided. See weblink to economic commentator David McWilliam's website describing the impact on "jugglers"
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