Arthur Morgan (Louth, Sinn Fein)

I have a brief supplementary question. Is it just a token unit? We know it was established as part of the social partnership initiative. Is it just there for the purpose of ticking a box, or does it have any weight? Does the Taoiseach require the other Departments to have any regard for what the social policy unit in his Department says to them? I specifically ask this about the Department of Finance, because that is the most critical one.

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