Micheál Martin (Cork South-Central, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I propose to take Questions Nos. 1 and 2 together.

The Programme for Government 2025 - Securing Ireland's Future was approved by the Government on 23 January 2025. We will be working to establish an office in my Department to ensure the full implementation of the programme for Government over the lifetime of the Government.

The programme sets out policy and legislative proposals for the full term of this Government across a number of priority areas, namely, growing our economy; delivery and reform; accelerating housing supply; protecting our environment; investing in our future; a caring society; thriving communities; safe and secure communities; enriching our society and culture; Ireland’s place in the world; and political reform.

The programme for Government also includes details on the functioning of Government, which includes the office to which Deputy Moynihan refers. Over the lifetime of this Government, we will work hard to implement the commitments that have been set out. The Department of the Taoiseach will, via the Cabinet committee system, play a key role in the monitoring and implementation of the programme for Government and ensuring that a whole-of-government approach is taken to delivery.

We are in the first weeks of this Administration and the Government will shortly put in place a refocused system of Cabinet committees which will be central to the policy development, oversight and implementation of the programme for Government commitments.

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