Dr. Joseph Duffy:

There are two levels for Jigsaw. As Ms Hughes mentioned, there is a series of working groups. Listening to us, the Deputy might believe they are just talking shops, but they are actually practical and help to implement well-thought-through strategies properly. This is useful. There has been much more openness in the past five years in bringing everyone around the table. That is positive.

On another level, we develop a fair number of relationships with other Departments, for example, the Departments of Education and Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth, even if only to share our work. Much of our work that is not one-to-one based in the community is funded through fund-raising or philanthropy. In that vein, we speak to the Department of Education about the One Good School project, for example, and how that can be integrated and connected. We do that at the highest level in the Department. More regionally, we work positively with NEPS and others within the communities. There is an openness in that regard now that we have good structured national policy platforms and frameworks from which to draw.

However, I would make a point that applies to many of them. While Sharing the Vision, for example, is a ten-year plan, it is still in its first quarter. I hope Deputy Hourigan will see the further development of it in the next while.