Theme 1: Department-Wide Recommendations

A total of 30 submissions (TVG, NTP, Pavee Point, Tusla, Pobal, SPMHS, Ibec, UNESCO Chair (ITT), CPPN, Barnardos, YWI, GHN, CIB, six staff members, TUI, ARA, Revenue, IDEA, Coalition 2030, NYCI, Doras, DF, DCCAE, DRCD, DFA) made department-level recommendations, which can be separated into the following sub-themes:

Embedding an equality, inclusion and human rights approach

Research and information management

National and international commitments

Structural reorganisation

Finance and resources

Collaboration and consultation

Workforce development and training

2016-19 Statement of Strategy: suggested rewording.

These sub-themes will now be discussed in more detail.