"3.–The Minister shall, as soon as may be, after the passing of this Act prepare and lay before the Houses of the Oireachtas a report on promises made by Government in An Agreed Programme for Government and the national anti-poverty strategy, the average annual increase in payments which would be required to meet the NAPS promises by 2007, and whether in any case this level of increase will be met in 2003, and if not what proposals, if any, are envisaged to phase in the increases required."