The Chair of the North East Inner City Implementation Board has said that there is still a lot more to do in the area.
Jim Gavin said great strides have been made since the initiative began in 2017 but that problems associated with intergenerational deprivation persist.
At the launch of the Strategic Plan for the area between now and 2027 and the group's eighth progress report, Mr Gavin said that improving community safety and reducing crime were the main priority, followed by education, support and well-being for children and families and improving social cohesion and community.
Enhancing the condition and cleanliness of the area and supporting those living with and recovering from drug use are also the main targets of the plan over the next three years.
Minister for Finance and TD for the area Paschal Donohoe said he remembered the cycle of harm and loss of life that led to the introduction of the initiative in the wake of the Hutch-Kinahan fued in which a number of people were killed in the north east inner city, including one man in the case of mistaken identity
However, he said the commitment by a number of governments, and a small amount of funding has made a major difference to the area.
Mr Donohoe said there is "a lot of ambition in government" about improving Dublin city centre
"We need to keep at it and we need to look at how we can continue to deliver the various aims we have.
"Community Safety continues to be at the heart of this work in terms of what has happened. It's about more gardaí going into a particular station, in particular Store Street.
"Its a community safety partnership that aims to bring together the communities here to respond back to the issues when they're raised," Mr Donohoe added.
