Cross-border meeting to progress Operation Encompass

A cross-border meeting convened in advance of legislation to allow for the introduction of Operation Encompass.

Operation Encompass will provide for information sharing between An Garda Síochána and school authorities to strengthen protections for children impacted by violence in the home.

Operation Encompass involves a notification process whereby An Garda Síochána will inform a child’s school within 24 hours of attending a domestic violence incident at the child’s home. This is to ensure that designated school staff are aware that a child has experienced a violent and traumatic incident and can therefore provide the child with additional care and support during the school day.

In Drogheda today members from An Garda Síochána, the PSNI, school principals, education partners and government officials North and South came together to exchange information and lessons learned from rolling out Operation Encompass across Northern Ireland.

Pre-legislative scrutiny of the General Scheme took place on 20 January 2026.