https://www.gov.ie/en/policy-information/aec432-equality-budgeting/  The National Strategy for Women and Girls is the framework through which the Government is pursuing actions to advance the rights of women and girls and to enable their full participation in Irish society. It is an all of Government framework. One of the actions under this framework relates to advancing gender budgeting. A similar commitment regarding the expansion of Equality Budgeting is also contained in the Programme for Government: Our Shared Future.    Equality Budgeting Since 2018, when it was first piloted, significant work has been undertaken to develop the Equality Budgeting initiative. With an initial focus on gender, due to the availability of data, Equality Budgeting has since been expanded across multiple dimensions of equality including gender, socio-economic, disability and minority groups.  All 18 government departments are now participating in Equality Budgeting.   An Equality Budgeting Expert Advisory Group (EBEAG) has been established to guide the development of Equality Budgeting policy. Representing key stakeholders such as the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission, the National Women�s Council and the National Disability Authority, this group is chaired by my Department and has met regularly since 2018.  To drive this important work forward in line with international best practice, in 2019 the OECD was requested to conduct a scan of Equality Budgeting in Ireland. The report, published on Budget day 2020, supported the approach taken, and also provided twelve recommendations on how to drive this initiative forward.   Implementation of the report's recommendations is well advanced and is a continued focus of work. In cooperation with DPER, the CSO conducted a data audit in 2020 to ascertain the availability of public service data that is disaggregated by equality dimension. This work was guided by the EBEAG and the audit findings were published alongside Budget 2021. The information is published on the CSO website and will continue to be updated as new data is identified.    Following the data audit, work is now underway to identify a data strategy that will identify what actions are needed to improve the disaggregation of data and identify actions needed to address data gaps. This work is led by the CSO and the Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (D/CEDIY).    A key OECD recommendation, that has underpinned overall implementation, was the establishment of an inter-departmental network of Equality Budgeting contact points.  In March 2021, Government agreed to establish an inter-departmental network on Equality Budgeting in order to facilitate the full implementation of Equality Budgeting across all departments, in line with this OECD recommendation. The network first met in June 2021 and inter-departmental network members are tasked with: �ensuring that policy makers in their departments are fully aware of, and implementing, Equality Budgeting policy where applicable and  �bringing all relevant work within their department to the attention of the Equality Budgeting unit, to ensure that strategic direction of Equality Budgeting is fully informed.   Wellbeing Budgeting An initial multi-dimensional Well-being Framework for Ireland was published in July 2021.  Since then the CSO has launched an interactive dashboard to complement the Framework and a wide-ranging public consultation led by the Department of the Taoiseach is ongoing. DPER is in the process of piloting an approach of locating well-being within existing public policy. The approach builds on the performance budgeting initiative by placing an explicit focus on stated policy goals and evidence of progress. With regard to well-being, DPER intends to:   (1)  Put in place supports for other Departments to support them in using the Well-being Framework as part of the Spending Review process; and  (2)  Develop an approach to linking budget decisions with the various dimensions of the Well-being Framework.  Public Sector Duty In line with the Public Sector Duty, under section 42 of the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission Act 2014, all public bodies assess and identify the human rights of women and girls and the gender equality issues that are relevant to their functions and address these in their strategic planning, policies and practices, and annual reports.  DPER published its Statement of Strategy 2021-2023 on 19/01/2021, which includes its Public Sector Human Rights and Equality obligations among the organisation�s values. https://www.gov.ie/en/collection/da1589-dper-annual-reports-2013-16/#2020  Next steps We continue to work very closely with our colleagues in D/CEDIY to ensure that Equality Budgeting and gender mainstreaming work together to achieve common goals and on mutually beneficial policies. The Inter-departmental network outlined above is jointly chaired by D/CEDIY which ensures collaboration is maximised.   The actions outlined above, and the work plan in place for 2022, will continue to support the further development of Equality Budgeting, ensuring that that the momentum achieved to date will be maintained.