Patrick Costello (Dublin South Central, Green Party)
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702. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide an update on work towards achieving the SDG targets; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11427/23]

Charlie McConalogue (Donegal, Fianna Fail)
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The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) of the United Nations is a significant and ambitious framework. A whole-of-Government approach to its implementation has been taken in Ireland. My Department is a lead on the following five SDGs:

- Goal 2: Zero Hunger

- Goal 12: Responsible Consumption and Production

- Goal 14: Life below Water

- Goal 15: Life on Land

- Goal 17: Partnerships for the Goals

Ireland’s Second National Implementation Plan for the Sustainable Development Goals, 2022 – 2024, was published in October 2022. The Plan was developed by the Department of the Environment, Climate and Communications in collaboration with all Government Departments, key stakeholders, and based on input from two public consultation processes. A key objective of the Plan is to achieve greater policy coherence for Sustainable Development with the aim of accelerating achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) at all levels of Government.

The Plan is supplemented by two supporting documents: an SDG policy map which identifies the lead Departments and relevant national policies for each of the 169 SDG targets; and a Policy Update document which provides policy updates for each of the SDG targets. These documents are available at: www.gov.ie/sdgs

The Central Statistics Office, in collaboration with all Government Departments, has prepared as series of statistical publications which monitor and report on how Ireland is progressing towards meeting its targets under the 17 SDGs. Reports are available for SDGs 1 – 16 and can be found at: www.cso.ie/en/statistics/unsustainabledevelopmentgoals

Ireland will present its second Voluntary National Review (VNR) to the United Nations High-Level Political Forum in July 2023. The VNR report will comprise a high-level data section and a more detailed appendix reporting on progress in respect of achieving the SDGs and related targets.

Food Vision 2030, Ireland's shared agri-food strategy, cross-references the SDGs to 22 Goals across its four high-level missions. The Food Vision 2030 Implementation Plan aligns the missions and goals with specific SDG targets, putting food system transformation at the centre of the agri-food sector’s commitment to help realise the SDGs by 2030.

The SDGs are also referenced in my Department's Statement of Strategy 2021-2024.