Catherine Murphy (Kildare North, Social Democrats) | Oireachtas source

I do not want to use up Mr. Fraser's time because he wants to be out of here by 12 noon.

Since the establishment of the unit, the Taoiseach has been much more prominent as the one communicating things. Attention was drawn to childcare, in respect of which there is a Minister with responsibility. Would the unit, the Taoiseach's political adviser or the Civil Service inform the Taoiseach's opinions? Mr. Fraser talked about housing and homelessness as being one of the priorities. One of the things the Taoiseach did was to compare our rate of homelessness with those of other countries, minimising in some of our eyes the extent of the problem of homelessness here. Who gives such advice? What role does Mr. Fraser have, from a civil servant's perspective, what role does the strategic communications unit have and what role do political advisers have in this? Who helps to form this particular strategy?