Jack Wall (Kildare South, Labour)
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Question 150: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will make a statement on the neighbourhood watch scheme; and if there are changes envisaged to the scheme. [8405/10]

Dermot Ahern (Louth, Fianna Fail)
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Neighbourhood Watch is a crime prevention programme which aims to enlist the active co-operation of the community in a neighbourhood by observing and reporting suspicious activities and by so doing reducing the level of criminal behaviour. Since its establishment, the Garda authorities have sought to encourage the active participation of the public in Neighbourhood Watch by encouraging and supporting communities to establish and maintain such initiatives and deploying crime prevention officers and liaison Gardaí to assist schemes.

Neighbourhood Watch continues to operate under the Neighbourhood Watch Strategy 2007 - 2011, which has helped to strengthen its management and operation.