Patrick Costello (Dublin South Central, Green Party)
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Again, it influences but does not necessarily guide or become a target. If there is a particular thing one wants to achieve, for example, in the area of child poverty, it has an influential role. As was said, it is like an NGO lobbying as opposed to an actual target whereby there is a specific outcome that we must hit and we will frame our thinking to actually hit it, if that makes sense. What I am looking at is trying to explore something more prescriptive and that guides the budget more than influences it. Where would that fit in and can this office help to achieve that?