Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 25 June 2025
Committee on European Union Affairs
Sustainable Development Goals: Discussion
2:00 am
Ruairí Ó Murchú (Louth, Sinn Fein)
Obviously, there is the shared island unit. While it has gone to some good places, it should probably go further. I do not think that will come as a shock to anybody. The proposals the witnesses have about making sure we have this are from two points of view; it is leverage in relation to ensuring you have the policy that is fit for purpose but making sure it is in the right place and has the right powers. I had a conversation on this and probably some of what I said earlier relates to it because to a degree, it is seen as us having to go handy on the environment but the fact is we have such a fall-down on infrastructure and we need to build houses and address all those other issues. What is the proposal here beyond putting the SDGs into the Department of the Taoiseach?
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