Alan Farrell (Dublin North, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

My final question relates to technology and the improvements that are in train in this regard within both An Garda Síochána and the Department of Justice and Equality. I note that the Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government has announced the allocation of a large sum of money towards the provision of closed-circuit television funding for rural villages and communities. That provision will operate in tandem with another scheme which, I understand, was piloted recently by An Garda Síochána whereby a personalised camera was provided to individual members of the force. Is that particular initiative likely to be rolled out as an advancement within An Garda Síochána to aid and assist members to perform their duties? I am interested in how the scheme might tie in with the CCTV facilities already in existence and those to be provided, and with the overall investment in technology, particularly PULSE and other systems, and the investment required in that regard. Does Garda management have sufficient resources to bring PULSE and the other systems that are in use into the modern age? I understand they are not quite there yet.