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National strategy for improving community safety
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106. (1) The Minister and the other relevant Ministers—
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(a) shall, not later than 12 months after the coming into operation of this section, prepare and submit to the Government for approval, and
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(b) may, having regard to a review under subsection (2), at any time thereafter, revise and so submit,
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a national strategy for improving community safety (in this Act referred to as the “national strategy”).
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(2) The Minister and the other relevant Ministers shall review the national strategy not less than once in every period of 6 years following the date on which that national strategy was approved by the Government.
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(3) A national strategy prepared or revised in accordance with subsection (1) shall—
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(a) contain—
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(i) a policy framework, and
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(ii) a programme of actions,
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to support public service bodies and communities working together in a coordinated manner to improve community safety, and
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(b) include provisions for the purposes of—
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(i) promoting multi-disciplinary approaches and collaboration between public service bodies to improve community safety,
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(ii) promoting engagement by communities in the development and implementation of strategies to improve community safety in their localities, and
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(iii) supporting cohesion with other national and local strategies relevant to community safety.
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(4) The Minister shall, prior to the preparation or revision of a national strategy under subsection (1), consult in relation to the content of the strategy with—
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(a) the Authority, and
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(b) such persons or groups representing community interests as he or she considers appropriate.
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(5) The Minister shall, prior to the submission of a national strategy to the Government for approval under subsection (1)—
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(a) publish, in such manner as he or she considers appropriate, a draft of the national strategy,
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(b) publish a notice, on the internet and in more than one national newspaper, inviting members of the public and any interested parties to make submissions in writing to the Minister in relation to the national strategy within such period (not exceeding 2 months from the date of the publication of the notice or, if the notice is published on the internet and in the newspaper on different days, not exceeding 2 months from the date of the later publication of the notice) as may be specified in the notice, and
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(c) have regard to any submissions made in accordance with a notice published under paragraph (b).
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(6) The Government may approve, with such modifications as they consider appropriate, a national strategy submitted to them under this section.
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(7) The Government may, at any time, revise a national strategy approved by them under subsection (6).
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(8) The Minister shall cause a national strategy to be laid before each House of the Oireachtas as soon as practicable after it is approved or revised by the Government.
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(9) The Minister shall ensure that, as soon as practicable after a national strategy is laid before each House of the Oireachtas, the national strategy is published on a website maintained by or on behalf of the Minister or in such other manner as the Minister considers appropriate.
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(10) A Minister of the Government shall, in so far as is practicable, perform his or her functions in a manner consistent with the national strategy.
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(11) Subsection (10) shall not be taken to confer on any person a right in law that he or she would not otherwise have to require a Minister to take any steps or to seek damages for the failure to take such steps.
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(12) In this section, “national newspaper” means a newspaper published and circulating generally in the State.
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