Community Safety in Action

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The Community Safety Fund is an annual grant fund which allows for the proceeds of crime, seized by the Criminal Assets Bureau (CAB) and An Garda Síochána to be directed back into communities in order to fund innovative local projects aimed at building stronger, safer communities.

Since it was launched in 2022 the Fund has supported 127 community safety fund projects across Ireland. Click here for more information on the Community Safety Fund, including listing of successful projects under each year.

Always here

The aim of the Always Here Campaign is to raise awareness of pathways to safety and the supports available to victims of domestic, sexual and gender-based violence.

If you are a victim of domestic or sexual violence it is important that you know you are not alone - domestic and sexual violence support services from State agencies and the voluntary sector are available to help you.

Click here to learn more about this campaign.

National Fireworks Campaign

On the 24 September 2025 the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration Jim O'Callaghan launched a nationwide awareness raising campaign to warn against the serious dangers posed by illegal fireworks and the strict penalties for their misuse in advance of Hallowe'en.

Click here for more information on this campaign.

Youth Diversion Programme

The Youth Diversion Programme aims to redirect young people who have become involved in crime or anti-social behaviour through a network of 106 Youth Diversion Projects throughout the state. These YDPs support over 4,000 young people who have been identified as 'at risk' by trying to divert them from the criminal justice system.

The Garda National Youth Diversion Bureau (GNYDB) has responsibility for overseeing and developing the Diversion Programme nationally, which was put on a statutory basis under Part 4 of the Children Act 2001.

Rural Safety Plan 2025 - 2027

The Rural Safety Plan 2025-2027 has been developed by the Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration, in conjunction the National Rural Safety Forum, and delivers on a Programme for Government commitment.

Launched in September 2025 the Plan builds on the first Rural Safety Plan, which covered 2022-2024. Following an analysis of the 2022-2024 Plan and engagement with the Forum, 4 main priority areas were identified. They are:

• Community Safety & Engagement
• Property Crime
• Roads Policing
• Animal & Wildlife Crime

Under these Pillars, member organisations of the Forum and relevant stakeholders have committed to 18 actions which will be achieved through 53 sub-actions.

The Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration will support the Forum's implementation of the Plan so that we can continue to build safe communities across rural Ireland.