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This Poll was under taken to sample public opinion in relation to support and community confidence for Policing and justice powers being devolved from Westminster to the N.Ireland Assembly.

406 people were sampled over the past 2 weeks from the 14th Jan until 25th Jan to find out what their views are on Policing and Justice.  A sample of people were taken from members of the website and mergered with face to face polling.  We estimate a 4% margin of error and a 90% confidence level from these results.

  
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66.75% YES

33.25% NO


 

66.75 % YES

33.25% NO


 


Answer A : A single Justice Department, headed by one Minister : 48.77%

Answer B : A single Justice Department headed by two Ministers, with decisions requiring the agreement of both, similar to the arrangement provided for in the Northern Ireland Act where the First Minister and deputy First Minister act jointly in carrying out their statutory functions : 22.66%

Answer C : Responsibilities for justice to be added to those of the First Minister and deputy First Minister, perhaps supported by additional Junior Ministers : 15.27%

Answer D : Two Departments (Policing and Justice), with the two Ministers each coming from a different tradition : 13.30%

 

  
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