Patrick Costello
Question:1161. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Justice for an update on Dublin city centre community safety partnership plan; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38320/23]
View answerMonday, 11 September 2023
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As the Deputy may be aware, I launched the Dublin North Inner City Local Community Safety Plan on Friday 8th September.
The plan sets out in detail how the North Inner City community will work in partnership with businesses, councillors, the local authority and State services such as An Garda Síochána, Tusla and the HSE to prevent crime and improve feelings of safety in the community.
The plan was developed through the Dublin Local Community Safety Partnership (LCSP), who have acted as a forum to create dialogue between community representatives and State agencies. The Dublin North Inner City LCSP was one of three innovative pilot schemes, along with Waterford and Longford, set up in 2020 to support dialogue, to foster collaboration and coordination on community safety issues and to develop tailored local community safety plans.
Five priority areas have been identified in the Dublin North Inner City Community Safety Plan, along with respective sub-groups and a detailed action plan tracking progress of the plan. In addition, given the changing environment, and taking a proactive approach, the Partnership identified the need for an ‘Emerging Issues Response’. The five priority areas are:
• Drugs Inclusion-Health, Anti-Social Behaviour,
• Family, Youth and Community
• Education, Life Long Learning
• Integration, Ethnic and Multi-Faith Inclusion
• Physical Environment
It is clear that the concerns of the entire North Inner City community were front and centre in the development of this plan. We want our capital city to be a safe and vibrant place for the people who live, work and visit there and I believe the publication of this plan is an important milestone in achieving that.