Pádraig Mac Lochlainn (Donegal, Sinn Fein)
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445. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when the Community Safety Partnership will be finalised and implemented for County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53727/25]

Jim O'Callaghan (Dublin Bay South, Fianna Fail)
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The Policing, Security and Community Safety Act 2024, which I commenced on Wednesday 2 April 2025, provides for the establishment of Local Community Safety Partnerships (LCSP) within each local authority area. The regulations for these Safety Partnerships came into operation on Monday 30 June.

I am pleased to inform the Deputy that I have recently appointed the members of Donegal Local Community Safety Partnership. It is now a matter for the LCSP to convene its first meeting and elect a chair.

To date, I have appointed the members of eight LCSPs and I expect that the remaining LCSPs will be established by the end of the year.

LCSPs represent a significant step towards a more collaborative, responsive, and locally driven model of public safety and will play a major role in enhancing public safety alongside An Garda Síochána, residents, businesses and state agencies.