Joe Cooney (Clare, Fine Gael)
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569. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality for a breakdown for 2024 of the number of Gardaí, by rank, for each functional area, by county, in the Clare/Tipperary division, in tabular form. [15611/25]

Jim O'Callaghan (Dublin Bay South, Fianna Fail)
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I am committed to ensuring that An Garda Síochána has the resources it needs to fight crime and a strengthened, well-resourced Garda organisation is central to this policy.

The Garda Vote in Budget 2025 saw unprecedented funding of over €2.48 billion for this year, a 27% increase since 2020 which is supporting the continued recruitment of Garda members and staff.

I regularly engage with the Garda Commissioner to ensure our Gardaí have the resources they need. I am informed that when allocating and transferring Garda members to and from any Division, consideration is given to commitments and undertakings outlined in the Annual Policing Plan and priorities as determined in delivering ‘A Policing Service for The Future’.

I understand that the requirements of all Garda Divisions nationwide are also taken into account, which include:

• Local and national crime trends and workloads;
• Policing arrangements and operational strategies;
• Minimum establishment statistics;
• Local population and trends, geographical area and size;
• Transfer applications, including welfare, personnel issues and concerns.

Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin (Wicklow-Wexford, Sinn Fein)
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570. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality 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]

Jim O'Callaghan (Dublin Bay South, Fianna Fail)
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A 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.