Olwyn Enright (Laois-Offaly, Fine Gael)

Does the Minister believe that the targets will be met in the agreed timeframes? In light of the budget, the Combat Poverty Agency believes it cannot be done. Will the Minister guarantee the agency's independence now that it will be subsumed into her Department? Will the new body, be it the "Office of Social Inclusion" or so on, be able to make statements on the next budget as the Combat Poverty Agency has done on this budget?

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