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

My first question is one I put to the witnesses' colleagues from the Department of Education this morning. The witnesses have detailed some of the work they do around equality budgeting. Have they had direction from the Department of Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform with regard to reporting under the well-being framework and also under the sustainable development goals, SDGs? I believe that Departments have been instructed to begin reporting under those metrics as well. Do they see their role in terms of allowing Members like me to have a better helicopter view of exactly what it is we are doing with the money we spend? Has the Department considered trying to integrate that into the performance reporting?