Crime and Policing

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
• And to drive and input into delivery of events and public consultations.