Ms Ber Grogan:

One of the things I was looking at this week was the first report on the well-being framework for Ireland. Obviously, at budget time, we talk about equality budgeting and that theoretically we are looking at inequalities. The Parliamentary Budget Office, PBO, produced a commentary on the well-being framework and said that in the well-being framework with the indicators, the role of the Oireachtas is not currently outlined. The PBO suggests that an Oireachtas committee with a cross-cutting focus should provide overarching parliamentary oversight of the framework. Everything we said today is echoing this cross-governmental approach. There is no health without mental health. All aspects of everything affect our mental health. If we are talking about introducing this well-being framework, and moving in that direction around budgeting and looking at outcomes, this is a really great opportunity to start that.