Jim O'Callaghan (Dublin Bay South, Fianna Fail)
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132. To ask the Taoiseach the main policy achievements of his Department since 27 June 2020 [61658/22]

Micheál Martin (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail)
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Since 27 June 2020, my Department has been working with Departments to progress key national priorities set out in the Programme for Government through the work programmes of the eleven Cabinet Committees established:

- delivery of the Economic Recovery Plan 2021 and protecting Ireland’s economic recovery through continued job creation and transitioning towards a decarbonised and digital economy;

- delivering a fair and progressive budget providing €11 billion in measures to help families and business cope with the impact of rising prices

- coordinating the work across Government on Ireland’s humanitarian response for over 65,000 people who have arrived from Ukraine and have availed of Temporary Protection in Ireland;

- publication of the Housing for All Plan, an ambitious and far-reaching plan to address the provision of housing, which is driving delivery of the Government’s commitment to increase the supply of housing and to provide a sustainable housing system into the future;

- publication of the report and recommendations on the Future of Media Commission;

- a new national digital strategy was launched to drive and enable the digital transition across the Irish economy and society;

- management of the whole of Government Response to COVID-19 including the vaccine roll-out;

- the establishment of a Shared Island Unit in my Department, the Shared Island Fund of €1 billion to 2023, which has already supported a range of projects and a series of dialogues and research to inform this work;

- completion of the work of Citizens’ Assemblies on Gender Equality and on a directly-elected mayor for Dublin. The report for the Citizens’ Assembly on a directly-elected mayor for Dublin is being finalised and is expected to be submitted to the Oireachtas by the end of the year. Work of the Citizens’ Assembly on Biodiversity Loss is also nearing completion;

- continuing the programme of events as part of the Decade of Commemorations, including the Centenaries of the Handover of Dublin Castle, the Irish Civil War and the inauguration of the Irish Free State, in addition to the Annual State Commemorations: Easter Sunday 1916 Rising and the National Day of Commemoration;

- advancing Ireland's role in Europe and the world, including through my participation in the European Council, Ireland's seat on the UN Security Council and with respect to continuing EU-UK discussions on the Northern Ireland protocol;

- seven legislative programmes published setting out priority legislation across Government;

- launch of the revised National Development Plan, setting out the roadmap for investment of €165 billion in new and upgraded infrastructure over the decade ahead;

- supporting the development of the Climate Action and Low Carbon Development (Amendment) Act 2021 and the Climate Action Plan 2021 which are key elements of a suite of measures introduced to fundamentally alter Ireland’s approach to climate change-

- continued work across my Department in a range of initiatives such as implementing Harnessing Digital - The Digital Ireland Framework; progressing Ireland’s well-being framework, developing the Government’s approach to social dialogue, implementation of the future of policing plan, supporting the work of the North East Inner City and work on Civil Service Renewal.