Michael McGrath (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I would like to ask Mr. Hanan about the poverty proofing of budget proposals, to which he referred in his statement. I believe we would all agree in principle with that. The question is how it would work in practice and to what extent it would slow down and make more bureaucratic the decision-making process. Ultimately, the Government and the Legislature have to make decisions. How would this poverty proofing work in practice? How much work would have to go into proofing individual budgetary decisions in the social welfare area, for example?