2261. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the organisations, persons and stakeholders that have been consulted to date with respect to the formulation and drafting of the national Migration and Integration Strategy due to be published in 2026; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60792/26]

The Programme for Government contains a commitment to publish a National Migration and Integration Strategy detailing how Government intends to meet the demands and the opportunities facing Ireland’s society and economy over the next decade.

My Department is currently working collaboratively with a wide range of other Government departments to develop this strategy with the aim to publish Ireland’s first overarching whole-of-government National Migration and Integration Strategy later this year.

To that end, a Strategic Migration Policy Group (SMPG) was established in December 2024 to support that work which now consists of ten Government Departments meeting at senior official level.

The ten Departments represented on the SMPG are:

• Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration (Chair)

• Department of Enterprise, Tourism and Employment

• Department of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science

• Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage

• Department of Finance

• Department of Social Protection

• Department of an Taoiseach

• Department of Health

• Department of Education and Youth

• Department of Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht

Each Department is in a position to convey the perspectives of the agencies under their remit which have also provided inputs to the Group as required. The SMPG and its working group has now met on 14 occasions for detailed discussions on different aspects of the Strategy.

The key objective of the Strategy and the SMPG is to develop a whole-of-government approach to migration policy that is coherent across Departments and responsive in seeking to address Ireland’s current and future demographic, economic and social policy needs.

With specific regard to integration, work previously undertaken, including a detailed consultation process with stakeholders, will be taken into account in the development of this strategy. The first phase of consultation consisted of a public survey, stakeholder submissions, and stakeholder workshops to gather insights into the needs, challenges, and opportunities for supporting migrant integration.

Further engagement will take place as the strategy is developed.