Progress Report on Programme for a Partnership Government

Since May 2016, work has been under way on the implementation of the Programme for a Partnership Government.

This is to

• tackle Ireland’s greatest challenges head on
• create an environment conducive to building a strong economy and delivering a fair society

In December 2016, the first Programme for Partnership Government progress report was published. This listed the achievements and work under way across the range of commitments.

Since that point, work on the programme's implementation has been continuing across all departments. This is reflected by more than 200 updates outlined in the second progress report.

Some of the key issues progressed include:

• the action plan on rural development published. This sets out 276 actions to improve rural Ireland
• a mobile phone and broadband taskforce report published. It contains actions to address gaps in coverage
• new help-to-buy scheme opened with 3,800 applications received
• a strategy for the rental sector published to provide greater certainty for renters
• 34 local infrastructure projects worth €200m announced to deliver 23,000 housing units
• 50,000 new apprenticeships and traineeships targeted under a new action plan
• discussions under way on a new GP contract
• 430 additional resource teachers and 115 special needs assistants (SNAs) allocated
• 79 schools granted Delivering Equality of Opportunity in Schools (DEIS) status as part of new DEIS support programme launched
• publication of a new migrant strategy with measures to promote integration
• the 2016 legacy programme ‘Creative Ireland’ launched
• Brexit preparations continue - the second all-island civic dialogue on Brexit has been held and details about Ireland's main priorities ahead of negotiations were published