Jerry Buttimer (Fine Gael)

Last week in the other House Deputy Róisín Shortall raised the matter of assessment by the social inclusion unit of the Department regarding the poverty-proofing of the budget. The Minister indicated that it would be published in a couple of days. Has this been done? If not, when will it be done and will it be made available to us during the course of this debate? These cuts will have an impact on the national anti-poverty strategy. Does the Government plan to rewrite and reformulate that strategy?