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Departmental Strategies

Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 1 February 2022

Tuesday, 1 February 2022

Questions (564)

Patrick Costello

Question:

564. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will publish follow-up information on the National Strategy for Women and Girls 2017-2020. [4882/22]

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The National Strategy for Women and Girls, adopted by Government in 2017, provides a whole-of-Government framework through which women’s empowerment continues to be advanced. In view of the significant impact of COVID-19 on planned work, the implementation of the Strategy was extended from 2020 to the end of 2021.

The first progress report was published in March 2019. A report on the progress of work done under the Strategy to end December 2020 will be published shortly. A further progress report, on implementation during 2021, is in preparation with a view to its publication in the first half of this year.

I will work with stakeholders to examine what has been achieved over the term of the National Strategy for Women and Girls and consider how we can bring forth the next iterations of the suite of national equality strategies and ensure they are even more robust and effective. In this regard, my Department has commissioned a study to evaluate the processes for implementation of the National Strategy for Women and Girls, along with the Migrant Integration Strategy and the National Traveller and Roma Inclusion Strategy. It is envisaged that this study will be completed by the third quarter of this year.

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