Róisín Shortall
Ceist:158. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the performance measures used by An Garda Síochána; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52293/17]
Amharc ar fhreagraWednesday, 6 December 2017
Ceisteanna (158)
Freagraí scríofa
The Deputy will be aware that the Policing Authority is an independent statutory body established on 1 January 2016 to oversee the performance of An Garda Síochána in relation to policing services, to promote public awareness of policing matters and to promote and support the continuous improvements in policing in Ireland.
The Policing Authority is required under the Garda Síochána Act 2005, as amended, to determine priorities and targets for An Garda Síochána in performing its functions relating to policing services. The Annual Policing Plan, which is a public document, forms the core of the Garda Síochána performance framework. It contains a range of performance targets across the key chapters of the Plan. These Chapters are:
- Organisational Development and Capacity Improvement
- National and International Security
- Confronting Crime
- Roads Policing
- Community Engagement and Public Safety.
The performance targets apart from those specific to national and international security issues are established by the Policing Authority with my approval under Section 20(b) of the Garda Síochána Act 2005. There are a number of different types of targets contained in the Policing Plan and the Policing Authority has sought to ensure that they are as specific and measurable as possible. The various types are:
- Recorded crime levels across key crime types
- Detection rates across the key crime types
- Timeframe targets for the completion of particular pieces of work
- Targets set relating to particular pieces of work, ex. numbers recruited, numbers redeployed, numbers trained in a particular area of policing, specific allocation of resources to a particular area e.g. roads policing
- Attitudinal measures coming from the independently conducted Garda Attitudinal survey.
The Plan also has regard to targets contained in national strategies to which the Garda Síochána are a party, for example the National Road Safety Strategy and the COSC Strategy.
I am advised that there are over 80 targets in the draft Policing Plan for 2018 across all the areas of policing.