Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

The Government has been working to implement commitments in the programme for Government. These are advanced through the co-ordinating mechanism of the Cabinet committee structure. The ten Cabinet committees established by Government reflect the core policy areas set out in the programme for Government. Cabinet committees meet regularly to accomplish their work. Strategy statements currently being prepared by all Government Departments will reflect national priorities outlined in the programme for Government.

The Department of the Taoiseach continues to help to advance the programme for Government commitments in the following priority policy areas: implementation of Housing for All; the Climate Action and Low Carbon Development (Amendment) Act 2021, which covers the climate action plan and other matters relating to climate; advances in Sláintecare, which operates under the support and oversight of my Department; the ongoing oversight and implementation of the third national strategy on domestic, sexual and gender-based violence, DSGBV; driving delivery of our commitments on the shared island initiative; ensuring the implementation of New Decade, New Approach commitments with regard to North-South issues; promoting and strengthening British-Irish relations; ongoing engagement with EU leaders; other international commitments; ongoing oversight and implementation of A Policing Service for the Future following on from the Commission on the Future of Policing in Ireland; the development of a well-being framework for Ireland; publication of Harnessing Digital and the progress report on that; and the work of the citizens' assemblies.

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