Cathal Crowe
Question:126. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Taoiseach the main policy achievements of his Department since 27 June 2020. [31872/23]
View answerTuesday, 4 July 2023
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Since 27 June 2020, the Department of the Taoiseach has been working with Government Departments to progress key national priorities set out in the Programme for Government through the work programmes of the Cabinet Committees established:
· implementation of the Housing for All plan, including recent extra measures to make it cheaper to build and refurbish homes, speed up home building and drive down building costs;
· delivery of the Economic Recovery Plan 2021 and protecting Ireland’s economic recovery through continued job creation and transitioning towards a decarbonised and digital economy;
· delivering a range of measures to help families and business cope with the impact of rising prices;
· coordinating the work across Government on Ireland’s humanitarian response for people who have arrived from Ukraine and have availed of Temporary Protection in Ireland;
· publication of the report and recommendations on the Future of Media Commission;
· a new national digital strategy was launched to drive and enable the digital transition across the Irish economy and society;
· management of the whole of Government Response to COVID-19 including the vaccine roll-out;
· a comprehensive programme of dialogues and research by the Shared Island Unit underpinned by the Shared Island Fund with €247 million allocated to date supporting a range of projects;
· completion of the work of Citizens’ Assemblies on Gender Equality, on a directly-elected mayor for Dublin and Biodiversity Loss with the Citizens’ Assembly on Drug Use well underway;
· the programme of events as part of the Decade of Commemorations, including the Centenaries of the Handover of Dublin Castle, the Irish Civil War and the inauguration of the Irish Free State;
· advancing Ireland's role in Europe and the world, including through my participation in the European Council and Ireland's seat on the UN Security Council;
· launch of the revised National Development Plan, setting out the roadmap for investment of €165 billion in new and upgraded infrastructure over the decade ahead;
· supporting the development of the Climate Action and Low Carbon Development (Amendment) Act 2021 and the Climate Action Plan 2021 and 2023 with key measures to fundamentally alter Ireland’s approach to climate change;
· continued work across my Department in a range of initiatives such as Ireland's Digital Framework; progressing Ireland’s well-being framework, developing the Government’s approach to social dialogue, implementation of the future of policing plan, supporting the work of the North East Inner City and work on Civil Service Renewal.