Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 1 April 2025
570. Deputy Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin asked the Minister for Justice to confirm when part 3 of the Policing Security and Community Safety Act 2024 will commence in order to allow community safety partnership committees to form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15612/25]
View answerA key principle of the Commission on the Future of Policing in Ireland is that community safety requires multi-agency cooperation working in partnership with An Garda Síochána and crucially with communities themselves. The Commission's report recommended the establishment of national and local structures to bring together Departments and State agencies involved in harm prevention to promote community safety.
The Policing, Security and Community Safety Act 2024 provides for the establishment of this national infrastructure, central to which are Local Community Safety Partnerships (LCSPs) which will operate at each local authority level.
It is my intention to commence the Act in full, with effect from 2 April. Once the Act is commenced, I intended to make regulations under section 114 of the Act, providing for the establishment and operation of the Partnerships, as soon as possible.
