Community Safety Fund will keep proceeds of crime within the Longford community Reporter: '); '); The announcement of a Community Safety Fund, which will see the proceeds of crime staying within the community has been welcomed locally. Minister for Justice Helen McEntee announced that she and Minister for Public Expenditure Michael McGrath have agreed, in principle, to establish the fund, which will see proceeds of Garda and CAB raids to fund projects that the communities themselves know will improve their safety. The announcement has been welcomed locally with Senator Micheál Carrigy stating that the fund will reflect the significant successes of An Garda Síochána and the Criminal Assets Bureau in disrupting criminal activity and seizing proceeds of crime by providing additional funding for investment in community safety projects.