Marc Ó Cathasaigh (Waterford, Green Party) | Oireachtas source

I will do my best. Those were both general questions.

I refer to Coalition 2030 in the context of the integration of SDGs into Government policy and the business relating to first principles as opposed to retroactive badging. We saw a good example of this in the climate action plan. I know they used the SDGs accelerator tool in order to take a first-principles approach. Do we need to have a more comprehensive approach to that in order to ensure that the SDGs are embedded in and stitched into Government policy, as opposed to retroactive badging taking place?

My fourth question is on international best practice. Finland was mentioned. Iceland has aligned its well-being framework very closely with the SDGs, essentially making one shadow the other. Our well-being framework is close to but quite separate from the SDGs. Is there other international best practice that the witnesses could point the committee in the direction of?

This is a big year in terms of set pieces for the SDGs and Ireland's participation in that regard. Ireland has a particular responsibility towards to SDGs in that, along with Kenya, it was one of the lead negotiators in getting the SDGs across the line at the UN. We will have a similar role coming up in September when we will review the SDGs. In July, we will have a high-level political forum at which we will present our voluntary national report, which is very important. This committee will have a big part to play in both these set pieces in influencing what it is the Government wants to achieve in those set pieces. From the witnesses' point of view, what would they like the Government to achieve, at an international level, during what are pivotal set pieces for the SDGs this year?