Joint Policing Committees
Dail Éireann — 2026-03-19
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Niall Collins (FF), Limerick County

As I said, a safety co-ordinator and an administrator have been funded. Equally, many of the main participants on the new safety partnerships are State agencies that are also very adequately funded, such as An Garda Síochána, Tusla, the HSE and local authorities. The whole idea of these partnerships is to bring people together, along with community representatives, to make sure the priorities, needs, demands and asks of the local communities are being prioritised into action plans, particularly by the State agencies. It is about directing and empowering the State agencies to make sure they are responsive to the needs of the local community.
As the Deputy knows, the community safety fund has been created from the proceeds of crime, which are assets and money seized by the Criminal Assets Bureau. It is also available to communities across Ireland. Last year, 127 communities were funded from the community safety fund to the tune of €4.4 million.

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Sitting date: 2026-03-19