Your Community Safety
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From: Department of Justice
- Published on: 1 February 2022
- Last updated on: 1 March 2024
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Community Safety is about people being safe, and feeling safe, within their communities. Community Safety goes beyond traditional, high visibility, policing and the Commission on the Future of Policing in Ireland report recognised that preventing crime and harm and making our communities safer does not rest with An Garda Síochána and the Department of Justice alone, but requires a whole of government approach.
The Department of Justice leads on a number of Community Safety policy initiatives:
- Local Community Safety Partnerships
- Community Safety Innovation Fund
- Forum on Anti-Social Behaviour
- Community based approach to tackling misuse of scramblers/quad bikes
- Drogheda Implementation Plan
Find out more on our dedicated Community Safety website.
The Irish Prison Service is responsible for the safe and secure custody of persons held on remand, on immigration matters and people sentenced to prison
Probation Officers become involved in the criminal justice process between the trial and the sentencing phases.
GYDPs are community-based multi-agency crime prevention initiatives
Independent Prison Monitoring
Financial assistance for qualifying costs associated with community CCTV, including both capital and minor maintenance costs
Neighbourhood watch, Community crime prevention
The Department of Justice maintains the Roll of Peace Commissioners
The Inspector carries out regular inspections of the 14 prisons and places of detention in the State
The aim of our penal policy is to make Ireland a safer and fairer place
