Emer Currie (Dublin West, Fine Gael)
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826. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding setting up the new community safety partnership in Fingal, including Dublin west. [47869/25]

Jim O'Callaghan (Dublin Bay South, Fianna Fail)
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Local Community Safety Partnerships (LCSP) represent a significant step towards a more collaborative, responsive, and locally driven model of public safety. They will play a major role in enhancing public safety alongside An Garda Síochána, residents, businesses and state agencies.

I signed regulations which came into effect on 30 June 2025, that provide for the establishment of Local Community Safety Partnerships in each local authority area across the country, including the establishment of two new LCSPs in Fingal North and Fingal West. These regulations set out how Local Community Safety Partnerships will operate in practice, transparently and efficiently, with a clear mandate and strong local engagement at their core.

On 31 July 2025, the National Office for Community Safety circulated Guidance for the Operation of Local Community Safety Partnerships to Chief Executives of local authorities and their staff to support the establishment of the LCSP in their administrative area. A copy of the guidance was also sent to the Association of Irish Local Government on the same date, for onward circulation to their members.

There are a series of administrative steps to be taken to establish a LCSP. These include receipt of nominations from elected members of the relevant local authority; receipt of nominations from statutory agencies (HSE, Tusla, Local Authority executive); identification of proposed members from across the business, education, youth, community and voluntary sectors, in addition to local residents. There will be up to 30 members in each Safety Partnership.

I recently made the first set of appointments to LCSPs in Wexford and Galway. I anticipate that further appointments will be made in late September, October and November with a view to establishing all Safety Partnerships by the end of the year.