Jack Chambers (Dublin West, Fianna Fail)
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It is being negotiated with every Department based on what is available. There is engagement across every Department. For example - I think everyone will see this - there are certain expenditure lines where despite significant increased investment, we are not seeing the level of output or service and there is a requirement for reform. Just setting additional expenditure on that existing level of service does not necessarily deliver the additional outcomes we expect if we add more onto it. It is reforming the baseline in terms of the policy approach that might exist in a particular Department. That is why reform is as connected to what else would be available next year in the context of-----