Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 5 July 2023
54. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications to provide a list of data and sources used to measure the 232 unique UN SDG Indicators in the Voluntary National Review to report Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) progress, broken down by the SDG they relate to (details supplied). [32888/23]
Amharc ar fhreagraThe Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and associated indicators are broad in scope and the data presented in the Voluntary National Review (VNR) has been sourced from a number of government departments, and agencies.
The Central Statistics Office (CSO) drafted Chapter 6 of the VNR which sets out what the data shows, including a dashboard summary of Ireland’s progress towards achieving the SDG targets using the UN indicator data set and includes an infographic per SDG, highlighting key figures and statistics prepared by the CSO. This is based on the statistical reports the CSO have published for each of the 17 SDGs which can be accessed at UN Sustainable Development Goals - CSO - Central Statistics Office
These reports have been developed in collaboration with the lead Department for each Goal as identified in the SDG Policy Map of the SDG National Implementation Plan. All the indicators under each goal are listed and the source of data for each SDG Indicator is marked clearly in the text. Progress towards the SDGs is measured in the CSO ‘Traffic Lights’ Report- “Measuring Ireland’s Progress Towards the SDG Targets 2019/2022” which uses data from the individual reports on the 17 SDGs and is available at Measuring Ireland’s Progress Towards The Sdg Targets – 2019/2022 (cso.ie).
