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Minister of State for Heritage and Electoral Reform, Malcolm Noonan TD, has today announced his intention to put the National Biodiversity Action Plan on a statutory footing and introduce stronger biodiversity responsibilities for public bodies.

The Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, Michael McGrath TD, today (Wednesday) published the Revised Estimates for Public Services 2023 (REV)

Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Charlie McConalogue TD, today met with the Ukrainian Ambassador to Ireland, Ms Larysa Gerasko, to announce that his Department will support up to 1,000 small family farms in Ukraine with funding.

The Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sports and Media Catherine Martin T.D., and the Minister of State for Gaeltacht and Sport Jack Chambers T.D. announced today Government have approved the preparation of legislation to give effect to a new approach in relation to how the board of Údarás na Gaeltachta is appointed.

The OECD has today published the Economic Survey of Ireland 2022 including, for the first time, a thematic chapter on health sector performance and efficiency.

Minister McGrath and Minister Humphreys announced that the first batch of Data Sharing Agreements developed under the Data Sharing and Governance Act 2019 (DSGA) have now fully completed the new governance process.

On 6th December 2022, the Government approved the drafting of a Merchant Shipping (Investigation of Marine Accidents) Bill to provide for a full-time Marine Accident Investigation Unit within the Department of Transport

Taoiseach Micheál Martin will travel to Brussels today (Wednesday) for a Summit of Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Leaders with their EU counterparts.

Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine Charlie McConalogue T.D. has announced today that “GLAS+” advance under the Green Low Carbon Agri-Environment Scheme (GLAS) will commence this week.

The Minister for Rural and Community Development, Heather Humphreys TD, has today (14th December 2022) announced over €27 million in funding that will combat dereliction and breathe new life into rural towns and villages.