Helen McEntee (Meath East, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I agree with Deputy Bruton. The community safety partnerships have somebody working full-time on that. It should be the case that when gardaí come across an issue, they can feed it directly back to the person in the office, who can then deal directly with the local authority which deals directly with the local businesses. It can be used in that way. That is something I will take back and engage with the partnerships on to see if that is happening. If not, it should be happening because it is a very good idea. With regard to the timeline, one of the pilots has been launched in Longford and the other two are being worked on. The intention is that by spring of 2024, we will be putting every single JPC in a position where they will transition into a community safety partnership. We need time to see how these are working currently but there will be a natural crossover in spring 2024 when the JPCs can be turned into community safety partnerships.

I am sorry; I did not hear the first part of Deputy Stanton's question.

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