Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 4 October 2022
463. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide the study commissioned by his Department to evaluate the processes for implementation of three equality strategies, which includes the National Strategy for Women and Girls and the Migrant Integration Strategy and the National Traveller and Roma Inclusion Strategy. [47945/22]
View answerThe Programme for Government includes specific commitments that the Government will develop and implement a new National Strategy for Women and Girls, and a new Migrant Integration Strategy, in addition to reviewing the National Traveller and Roma Inclusion Strategy and ensuring that the successor strategy has a stronger outcomes focused approach.
I will work with stakeholders to examine what has been achieved over the term of these strategies and consider how we can develop new strategies which even more robust and effective.
In this regard, my Department has commissioned a study to evaluate the processes for implementation of three equality strategies, which includes the National Strategy for Women and Girls as well as the Migrant Integration Strategy and the National Traveller and Roma Inclusion Strategy. The study is expected to be published in early 2023, with work to build the new Strategies taking place thereafter. I will make this study available once it has been completed.
