COMHAIRLE CONTAE ÁTHA CLIATH THEAS
SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL
MEETING OF SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL
Monday, December 11, 2023
QUESTION NO. 27
QUESTION: Councillor F. Timmons
To ask the Chief Executive to comment on The Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill and how this will effect JPCs and the Councillors?
REPLY:
The Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill is currently before Seanad at third stage. If the Bill is passed, it proposes that community safety is a whole government responsibility which will include:
- Providing a new framework at national and local level to improve community safety including the replacement of Joint Policing Committees with the establishment of Local Community Safety Partnerships and
- Placing the obligation on Departments of State and other public service bodies to cooperate with each other in relation to community safety.
It was agreed at the November meeting of the South Dublin Joint Policing Committee, that a submission would be made on behalf of the members in relation to the proposed new Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill.