The Executive Office has undertaken Children’s Rights and Rural Needs Impact Assessments on the proposals for allocating the Department’s budget allocation for 2023-2024.

The process aims to avoid any adverse impacts and, where possible, take action to mitigate against specific adverse impacts to both the rights of children and to rural communities.
The outcomes of the consultation processes have been published below and include proposed actions and strategies by the department in response to the returns received.
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