evidence: How many children in Northern Ireland live in poverty? Dr Julie-Ann Maney, a paediatrician who works at the Royal Belfast Hospital for Sick Children, wrote an article on this topic, claiming that one third of children in Northern Ireland live in poverty. Her claim was based on projections in a report by the Institute of Fiscal Studies, published in 2013. [...] The Department for Communities (DfC) publishes regular bulletins of poverty statistics in Northern Ireland. The most recent Northern Ireland Poverty Bulletin, covering 2018/19, says that 24% of children were living in households in relative poverty, an estimated 107,000 children. For the same time period, 21% of children were living in households in absolute poverty, an estimated 92,000 children. The SMC measurement indicated that 29% of children were living in households in poverty in 2018/19. [...] The Northern Ireland Government’s Child Poverty Strategy was published in March 2016 and runs until May 2022. The strategy incorporates aspects from the UK Child Poverty Act (2010), the Northern Ireland Executive’s Child Poverty Strategy (2011-14), and a public consultation, Delivering Social Change for Children and Young People (2014).