Timmy Dooley (Clare, Fianna Fail)
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If the policy intervention was less expansive and had not sought to cover the figure of 542,000 but only to cover 100,000, could the USO then be used to provide a service for the remainder? It seems to be somewhat arbitrary because there is no definition of a public policy intervention. The only overriding principle underpinning the USO is that the rest must be covered, however many it might be, after attempting commercial arrangements and public policy interventions, for which there are no set criteria. Are there such criteria?