There has been considerable work undertaken, with further work underway, in the well-being space in Ireland. Over time this portal will bring together key outputs, creating a one-stop shop for those interested in exploring Well-being work being conducted across Government.
The Well-being Framework features at key points in the Budget process annually. This supplements existing work to provide an additional holistic understanding of quality of life issues into the discussions and publications which surround Budget decision-making. For Budget 2024 this included:
For Budget 2024, the Department published two papers:
1. Budget 2024 – Enhancing the Well-being of People Living in Ireland which provides a cross-governmental look at selected measures announced in Budget 2024, and;
2. Budget 2024 – Revised Estimates Volume 2024 – Enhancing the Well-being of People Living in Ireland Working Paper No.5l which provides a high-level, cross-governmental description of the total allocation of resources as presented in the Revised Estimates Volume for Public Services 2024.
These papers will help discussions on how a well-being perspective might impact and inform the allocation of resources.
Nationally there are examples, across departments and agencies of well-being related initiatives, which link into and complement various elements of the national Well-being Framework.
These include:
While having different purposes, the Well-being Framework and dashboard of indicators is complementary to Ireland's work on the implementation of the UN Sustainable Development Goals (UN SDGs). To highlight this complementarity, the Government’s Second Report - A Well-being Framework for Ireland on the development of the Well-being Framework included a mapping exercise of the two initiatives.