Retail Crime features in new Programme for Government

Many Retail Crime initiatives RGDATA sought are included in Government Programme

RGDATA has welcomed specific commitments to tackle retail crime in the new Programme for Government including:

•  Publishing a Retail Crime Strategy with targeted actions to reduce retail crime and support affected businesses.
•  Update the Public Order Acts to allow a prolific offender of retail crime to be excluded from a premises (time period)
•  Support Garda Operations to tackle retail crime including through the use of organised crime and proceeds of crime legislation.
• Examine the introduction of a specific offence of assaulting a retail worker.
• Introduce a new grant scheme for anti theft and prevention measures.
• Improve data sharing between retailers and Gardaí.
• Expand the use of community sanctions for retail crime.
• Tackle the practice of ‘retail defamation.’