A Cherry Orchard Implementation Board has been set up to focus on co-ordinating supports for the community.
It will operate in a similar way to the Drogheda Implementation Board, which has helped improve safety and wellbeing in the area.
The board will include reps from TUSLA, the HSE, gardai, local authorities and the community.
Justice Minister Simon Harris says: "We are increasingly seeing that communities need specific local responses that include a range of Government actors, ranging from health to education, youth service and policing. Community safety requires a whole-of-Government response.
"Scenes that unfolded in Cherry Orchard last year were troubling but not reflective of the vast majority of those living and working in the area, and my Department is committed to supporting those hard-working people to develop and maintain the strong community, and to ensure nobody lives in fear of criminal or anti-social behaviour.
"Cherry Orchard is a proud, strong Dublin community and I have every confidence that the Board can assist in reinforcing that strength, as is being successfully done in Drogheda."
📢 Minister @SimonHarrisTD updates Government on Cherry Orchard Implementation Board.
🔹 Board established to improve safety and well-being in the area
🔹 Plan draws from successful Drogheda initiative
🔗 https://t.co/5PjHGFaVzZ pic.twitter.com/sEjvVbLuGD— Department of Justice 🇮🇪 (@DeptJusticeIRL) April 18, 2023
The first meeting of the Implementation Board will be held in the coming weeks.
The establishment of the Cherry Orchard Implementation Board is being funded by Dublin City Council, and the Department of Justice through existing resources.
STATEMENT: Costello welcomes announcement of Cherry Orchard Implementation Board. pic.twitter.com/MRaFu3pAF2
— Patrick Costello TD (@Costellop) April 18, 2023
Patrick Costello TD, Green Party Justice Spokesperson, welcomed the announcement, but stressed in needs to hit the ground running: "The community in Cherry Orchard cannot wait for further delay, the board must get to work quickly. By supporting communities, we can show them and the young people that live there that opportunities do exist for them.
"Tackling socio-economic inequality is one of the foremost tasks facing our society today and I believe Cherry Orchard can become an example of community development.
"Today’s announcement is a welcome one from Minister Harris. The area has for too long been ignored by government.
"In the space of less than a year we have seen a surge in anti-social behaviour and attacks on members of An Garda Síochána. These events are not acceptable and are not representative of the vast majority of people who live in the area.
"Law-abiding citizens are essentially under siege from a small minority of individuals who wish to cause harm and disorder."
