Denis Naughten (Roscommon-Galway, Independent) | Oireachtas source

The broader issue, as included in this year's public service performance report, is that the sustainable development goals do not depend on individual Departments. The one positive from the sustainable development goals is that they break down that silo mentality. That is in every government, and not just in the Government in this country. That silo aspect is across the world. As a committee, we want to see measures we feel are more effective. I take the Mr. Mulherin's point about spending, which is something I will come back to in my own contribution later, in terms of how we measure that. There has to be a different approach, based on an acknowledgement across government that we are looking at the delivery of sustainable development goals which do not depend on one Department. I do not know if Mr. Mulherin wants to make a comment.