Matt Carthy (Cavan-Monaghan, Sinn Fein)
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425. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the current status of each local community safety partnership including the date in which each was or will be formally established; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [66969/25]

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, and 36 Partnerships are in the process of being established in local authority areas across the country.

A number of administrative steps need to be undertaken to facilitate the establishment of a Local Community Safety Partnership in a given area, including nomination of proposed members by local authorities and statutory bodies, and the appointment of all members by myself as Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration.

I have appointed members to 20 Local Community Safety Partnerships and I expect to be making further appointments in the near future.

The National Office for Community Safety, an office of my Department, are providing support to local authorities and in particular to Local Community Safety Partnership teams, in the process of establishing each Safety Partnership in their area.

To date 8 Local Community Safety Partnerships have held their inaugural meetings at which they elected their Chair and Vice Chair. These, and the date of their first meeting are listed in the table below:

Monaghan Local Community Safety Partnership are holding their inaugural meeting today, 27 November 2025.

A further 14 Local Community Safety Partnerships have indicated that they will hold their first meeting before year end with the remainder due to be held in January 2026.