A note to a letter headed "Poverty Trends" in last Tuesday's editions was abbreviated and omitted to mention that the National Anti-Poverty Strategy was announced in March 1995 by the Minister for Social Welfare, Mr Proinsias De Rossa, who committed the Rainbow Coalition to its implementation.

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