Let us know your Policing Priorities

The Policing and Community Safety Authority (PCSA) oversees and assesses the performance of An Garda Síochána.

Part of our role is to set Policing Priorities. These are areas that An Garda Síochána should focus on to improve the policing services offered to communities.

How can you help?

As a member of the communities that An Garda Síochána serves, or as a member of the garda workforce, we want your views on what areas of policing should be prioritised in 2026-2028. All responses are anonymous.

We ask you to spend 70 points across 24 policing areas. You can spend 0-5 points on each area: the more you spend, the more important you think it is.

Not everything can be a priority, so how you allocate your points will show us how you believe policing time, resources, and attention should be prioritised.

We have also provided information that explains what is involved in each area – press the (i) button beside each area to see this.

You can also provide additional comments once you have spent your points, and you will be given the chance to complete a short optional survey. You will remain anonymous, but this information will help us understand how different communities prioritise services. 

Who can take part?

Participants aged 16+ are invited to take part in this consultation and by doing so confirm their consent to the use of their responses in the analysis of results.

Thank you very much for your help.

Please click ‘Get Started’ below to begin.

Have a question or want to get in touch?

Will it be anonymous?

Yes, all replies are anonymous.

How does it work?

You have 70 points to spend. For each area, we ask you to allocate a number of points from 0 to 5 – the more points you give to an area, the more important you think it is. 

Not everything can be a priority so the more points you spend on one area, the less you will have to spend on another. 

Use your mouse (or your finger on mobile devices) to move the sliding button for each area. You can change your allocation of points as much as you want.

• Each area has an info button. If you want more information about an area, click on the (i) button beside it and a short explanation will appear. After reading this, click on ‘Close’ to bring you back to the survey screen.
• Your ‘Points Spent’ and ‘Points Remaining’ will appear at the top of the screen throughout. These will change as you allocate points to show you how many you have left to spend.

Once you are satisfied with how you have allocated your points, click ‘Review and Finish’.

Will I be asked anything else?

After you do the above, you will be directed to a short survey that we ask you to complete.

This survey is optional and you will remain anonymous but in it we ask you to provide certain information regarding where in the country you live, what age group you are in, and some other demographic information.

If you choose to answer, this information will help us better understand the needs and priorities of different sections of our communities and help us understand what is important to them.

What about garda resources?

While the survey is focused on policing services, the PCSA is aware that all of these services require the right amount of resources to be delivered, i.e. members and staff with the right training, cars, finance, and technology.

So, as well as this online consultation, we are engaging with garda personnel throughout the country to better understand what resources requirements they have in each of these areas.

This will inform the final Priorities.

If you wish to make a comment on resources, you can do so in the open text box provided after you spend your points.

Any further questions?

Please contact consultation@pcsaireland.ie with your query or visit our website.