The functional areas within the Criminal Justice Pillar work together towards the Department’s vision to work for a safe, fair and inclusive Ireland:
- Building a safer Ireland by reducing and preventing crime,
- Continually working to enhance national security and transform and strengthen An Garda Síochána
- Protecting the public, upholding human rights and procedural fairness, and maintaining public safety, confidence and trust.
- Developing initiatives to promote community safety and to reduce the opportunity for crime throughout the country
- Driving community participation in a new approach to make communities safer, and work across government and with State agencies to support this goal
- Diverting young people away from crime and anti-social behaviour
