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Ireland's UN SDGs 2019 - Report on Indicators for Goal 3 Good Health and Well-Being

Annex: SDG Policy Map

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Goal 3 Ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all ages
Goal 3.1By 2030, reduce the global maternal mortality ratio to less than 70 per 100,000 live births
Department Relevant National Policy National Policy Key Objective
DFAT One World, One Future One World, One Future – Priority Action Area 5 Essential Services.
The Global Island  
Goal 3.2By 2030, end preventable deaths of newborns and children under 5 years of age 
Department Relevant National Policy National Policy Key Objective
DoH Creating A Better Future Together: National Maternity Strategy 2016-2026 A health and well-being approach is adopted to ensure that babies get the best start in life; Mothers and families are supported and empowered to improve their own health and well-being; Women have access to safe, high-quality, nationally consistent, woman-centred maternity care; Pregnancy and birth is recognised as a normal physiological process, and insofar as it is safe to do so, a woman’s choice is facilitated;
Better Outcomes, Brighter Futures: the National Policy Framework for Children and Young People 2014-2020 That all our children and young people are:
  1. Active and healthy, with positive physical and mental well-being.
  2. Achieving their full potential in all areas of learning and development.
  3. Safe and protected from harm.
  4. Economically secure and have economic opportunity.
  5. Connected, respected and contributing to their world.
Goal 3.3By 2030, end the epidemics of AIDS, tuberculosis, malaria and neglected tropical diseases and combat hepatitis, water-borne diseases and other communicable diseases
Department Relevant National Policy National Policy Key Objective
DoH Healthy Ireland – A Framework for Improved Health and Well-being 2013-2025 Increase the proportion of people who are healthy at all stages of life.
Reduce health inequalities.
Protect the public from threats to health and well-being.
Create an environment where every individual and sector of society can play their part in achieving a healthy Ireland.
The National Sexual Health Strategy 2015-2020 Everyone in Ireland will receive comprehensive and age-appropriate sexual health education/information and will have access to appropriate prevention and promotion services;
Equitable, accessible and high-quality sexual health services, which are targeted and tailored to need, will be available to everyone; and
Robust and high-quality sexual health information will be generated to underpin policy, practice, service planning and strategic monitoring.
Ireland’s National Action Plan on Antimicrobial Resistance 2017-2020  
Goal 3.4BBy 2030, reduce by one third premature mortality from non-communicable diseases through prevention and treatment and promote mental health and well‑being 
Department Relevant National Policy National Policy Key Objective
DoH Healthy Ireland – A Framework for Improved Health and Well-being 2013-2025 Increase the proportion of people who are healthy at all stages of life.
Reduce health inequalities.
Protect the public from threats to health and well-being.
Create an environment where every individual and sector of society can play their part in achieving a healthy Ireland.
The National Cancer Strategy 2017-2026 The strategy is focused on preventing cancer across our population, diagnosing cancer early, providing optimal care to patients and maximising their quality of life.
National Physical Activity Plan for Ireland 2016 The aim of the National Physical Activity Plan is to increase physical activity levels across the entire population thereby improving the health and well-being of people living in Ireland, where everybody will be physically active and where everybody lives, works and plays in a society that facilitates, promotes and supports physical activity and an active way of life with less time spent being sedentary.
Connecting for Life 2015-2020 (National Suicide Strategy)
  1. To improve the understanding of, and attitudes to, suicidal behaviour, mental health and well-being.
  2. To support local communities’ capacity to prevent and respond to suicidal behaviour.
  3. To target approaches to reduce suicidal behaviour and improve mental health among priority groups.
  4. To enhance accessibility, consistency and care pathways of services for people vulnerable to suicidal behaviour.
  5. To ensure safe and high-quality services for people vulnerable to suicide.
  6. To reduce and restrict access to means of suicidal behaviour.
  7. To improve surveillance, evaluation and high-quality research relating to suicidal behaviour.
Goal 3.5Strengthen the prevention and treatment of substance abuse, including narcotic drug abuse and harmful use of alcohol 
Department Relevant National Policy National Policy Key Objective
DoH Reducing Harm, Supporting Recovery – a health led response to drug and alcohol use in Ireland 2017-2025 Promote and protect health and well-being.
Minimise the harms caused by the use and misuse of substances and promote rehabilitation and recovery.
Address the harms of drug markets and reduce access to drugs for harmful use.
Support participation of individuals, families and communities.
Develop sound and comprehensive evidence-informed policies and actions. 
Public Health (Alcohol) Bill 2017 [Currently before the Oireachtas] The objective of the Bill is to reduce alcohol consumption in Ireland to the OECD average of 9.1 litres of pure alcohol per capita, by 2020.
Goal 3.6By 2020, halve the number of global deaths and injuries from road traffic accidents
Department Relevant National Policy National Policy Key Objective
DTTAS Government Strategy on Road Safety 2013-2020  To reduce road crash fatalities from 186 in 2011 to 124 or fewer by 2020.
Goal 3.7By 2030, ensure universal access to sexual and reproductive health-care services, including for family planning, information and education, and the integration of reproductive health into national strategies and programmes
Department Relevant National Policy National Policy Key Objective
DoH The National Sexual Health Strategy 2015-2020 To ensure everyone in Ireland will receive comprehensive and age-appropriate sexual health education/information and will have access to appropriate prevention and promotion services;
Equitable, accessible and high-quality sexual health services, which are targeted and tailored to need, will be available to everyone; and
Robust and high-quality sexual health information will be generated to underpin policy, practice, service planning and strategic monitoring..
Goal 3.8Achieve universal health coverage, including financial risk protection, access to quality essential health-care services and access to safe, effective, quality and affordable essential medicines and vaccines for all 
Department Relevant National Policy National Policy Key Objective
DoH Government Response to the Report of the Committee on the Future of Healthcare. Sláintecare Report 2017-2026. [Currently under development] To ensure that, in future, everyone has access to an affordable, universal, single-tier healthcare system, in which patients are treated promptly on the basis of need, rather than ability to pay.
Goal 3.9By 2030, substantially reduce the number of deaths and illnesses from hazardous chemicals and air, water and soil pollution and contamination
Department Relevant National Policy National Policy Key Objective
DBEI Chemicals Act 2008 The main purpose of the 2008 Act is to facilitate the enforcement of certain EU Regulations concerning chemicals. These Regulations include the:
  • REACH Regulation;
  • Classification, Labelling and Packaging of Substances and Mixtures (CLP) Regulation;
  • Rotterdam Regulation concerning the export and import of dangerous chemicals under the Rotterdam Convention; and the
  • Detergents Regulation.
DCCAE Waste Management Policy, Legislation and National Implementation Plan on Persistent Organic Pollutants Comprehensive policy (2012 ‘A Resource Opportunity’) and legislation to ensure that the disposal and recovery of waste does not present a risk to water, air, soil, plants, human health and animals. Legislation also sets a general duty on everyone not to hold, transport, recover or dispose of waste in a manner that causes or is likely to cause environmental pollution. Implementing legislation covers national priorities in addition to EU and international obligations.
National Clean Air Strategy

This Strategy will provide the framework to promote and identify a range of measures across government policy required to reduce air pollution and promote cleaner air while delivering on wider national and international objectives.
Goal 3.aStrengthen the implementation of the World Health Organization Framework Convention on Tobacco Control in all countries, as appropriate
Department Relevant National Policy National Policy Key Objective
DoH Tobacco Free Ireland 2013-2025 To reduce smoking prevalence to less than 5% by 2025.
Goal 3.bSupport the research and development of vaccines and medicines for the communicable and non-communicable diseases that primarily affect developing countries, provide access to affordable essential medicines and vaccines, in accordance with the Doha Declaration on the TRIPS Agreement and Public Health, which affirms the right of developing countries to use to the full the provisions in the Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights regarding flexibilities to protect public health, and, in particular, provide access to medicines for all 
Department Relevant National Policy National Policy Key Objective
DFAT One World, One Future One World One Future – Priority Action Area 5 Essential Services.
The Global Island  
Goal 3.cSubstantially increase health financing and the recruitment, development, training and retention of the health workforce in developing countries, especially in least developed countries and small island developing States
Department Relevant National Policy National Policy Key Objective
DFAT One World, One Future One World One Future – Priority Action Area 5 Essential Services.
The Global Island  
Goal 3.dStrengthen the capacity of all countries, in particular developing countries, for early warning, risk reduction and management of national and global health risks
Department Relevant National Policy National Policy Key Objective
DFAT One World, One Future One World One Future – Priority Action Area 5 Essential Services.
The Global Island  

 

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