Written answers
Tuesday, 18 April 2023
Department of Rural and Community Development
Sustainable Development Goals
Marc Ó Cathasaigh (Waterford, Green Party)
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1855. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if her Department would consider applying the UNSDGs Acceleration Tool available from DECC to incorporate the Sustainable Development Goals into the National Action Plan on the Development of the Islands to help deliver meaningful actions and given the delays with its publication, as referenced in Parliamentary Question No. 68 of 23 February 2023; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18126/23]
Heather Humphreys (Cavan-Monaghan, Fine Gael)
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My Department’s statement of strategy includes a commitment to place the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) at the heart of our policies and align them with the SDG national implementation plan. In meeting this objective, my Department has given specific consideration to the SDGs in key policies.
The new National Islands Policy is in its final stages of preparation and will be published in the coming weeks. The SDGs will be mainstreamed into the Islands Policy, with each of its strategic objectives aligning with one or more of the SDGs. The use of UNSDGs Acceleration Tool is under consideration and has been discussed with the Department of Environment, Climate and Communications.
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