The Framework's Vision and Goals

Discover how the Well-being framework will measure Ireland’s progress as a country

The overarching vision for the Well-being Framework is enabling all our people to live fulfilled lives now and into the future and is ingrained in well-being across person, place and society.

This vision is rooted in a desire to make people’s lives better by better understanding people's lived experience, and therefore how policies can more effectively improve various interrelated aspects of people’s lives now and into the future. It does this by considering and measuring our progress as a society in a more integrated and comprehensive manner. The Framework in bringing together current and future well-being has sustainability at its core.

This framework will seek to progress an Ireland where citizens live fulfilled lives; where they are empowered to contribute and participate in their communities, and have equality of opportunity. It seeks a society that provides better opportunities and a better quality of life to all, with sustainable, innovative and connected communities, both in urban and rural settings.

Inclusion is at the heart of this approach, facilitating all our people, across all cohorts, to live fulfilling and meaningful lives with dignity.

The guiding vision of this framework has two elements rooted in better policy decisions for better outcomes.

• Firstly, the Well-being Framework provides an overarching structure to support policymakers to be strategically aligned in the identification of policy priorities, opportunities, and challenges.
• Secondly, this framework will seek to improve the impact or outcomes of public policy on people’s lives, to measure that improvement over time and compare it internationally and across different groups of people.

The overarching goals of this framework are to:

• Enable people to have meaningful and purposeful lives that are conducive to good mental and physical health, enabling their educational development and providing a decent standard of living;
• Ensure a sense of place and environment, including through a safe, secure, and sustainable place to live; and
• Enshrine balance, inclusivity and equality of opportunities across society, encouraging and empowering families, friends and communities to grow, connect and engage.

The vision and goals, which will evolve through greater consultation and feedback, have been heavily influenced by initial internal and external stakeholder input and the well-being ambitions set out in the Programme for Government – Our Shared Future.