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Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 17 November 2020

Tuesday, 17 November 2020

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Richard Bruton

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138. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the steps the special unit in his Department on preventative policy delivery has taken to date; and if it has a programme of work and a budget for 2021. [36168/20]

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The Prevention and Early Intervention Unit (PEIU) was established by the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform in May 2017, following a commitment in the Programme for a Partnership Government, to support the development of a sustainable and cross sectoral approach to prevention and early interventions (PEI) in public policy.

The focus of the PEIU’s work is prevention and early interventions relating to children, young people and older people that can improve the life outcomes of children as well as the quality of life of older people dealing with long-term conditions such as chronic illnesses. The work programme has sought to support the development of an approach to prevention and early intervention that is sustainable and cross sectoral and that positions this approach as a policy option within the framework for the management and evaluation of public money.  

Over the past three years the PEIU has engaged in an open, transparent and consultative manner with a wide range of stakeholders. Key outputs include:

- A series of eight Focused Policy Assessments on a range of different policies and programmes;

- A number of dialogue sessions were held bringing together a range of stakeholders to share their learnings and experience in this area; and

- Three policy papers that step back from the detail of the individual policies and programmes in order to identify ways of supporting the design and implementation of such public policies.

Details of these outputs can be found on the IGEES website at https://igees.gov.ie/prevention-and-early-intervention-unit/.

The work programme of the PEIU in the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform has now concluded following delivery of its objective of developing a framework for prevention and early intervention policies for application across different sectors. Further work on this policy approach is ongoing across different Government Departments; for example the Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth have established the “What Works” initiative (https://whatworks.gov.ie/).

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