Mr. David Rossiter:

On a really practical level, there is an EU working party on the 2030 agenda for sustainable development. The term "working party 2030" is used as shorthand for that. As part of our Presidency, we will be chairing that working group. That is the working group within the EU structures whose responsibility is to embed the SDG agenda across the workings of the EU. It plays a co-ordination and coherence role. It co-ordinates the EU's internal and external policies and integrates sustainable development into EU policies. It also looks at Council conclusions and EU positions. It prepares ahead of big UN set-pieces in respect of the SDGs, such as the high-level political forum that happens in New York every July where countries are assessed by the UN. Those UN processes are where a lot of the accountability comes from. Ireland will report to that HLPF. This working group within the EU leads the Union's engagement with some of those high-level processes. It also plays a part in monitoring and reporting. Chairing that working group as part of our Presidency will give us a lot of influence in advancing the SDG agenda. As I mentioned earlier, the Danish Government will use the SDGs to offer a policy framework or theme to its upcoming Presidency. As we are following the Danish Government, there is an opportunity to use the goals as our own thematic framework. As I have mentioned, that EU working group is where we have a real opportunity to advance the goals as part of the Presidency.