Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 10 October 2018

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality

Community Policing and Rural Crime: Discussion (Resumed)

9:00 am

Mr. Pat Leahy:

I will answer the question about CCTV schemes. They were brought forward under the Garda Síochána Act 2005. The Deputy is really referring to section 38(3)(a) and (c). There are 36 Garda schemes up and running, as well as 67 local authority schemes. There are lots of schemes in place, but what differs greatly is how they play out in numbers in the various local authority areas. In County Limerick there are 17 schemes in place, but in County Mayo there are only two. There are ten in place in Dublin and five in County Wexford. Overall, the number is quite sparse in some places, while the measure is being used effectively in others. They are the figures we have. As I said, there are 67 local authority schemes, for which the data controller is the relevant local authority. For the 36 Garda schemes, the local superintendent is the data controller. That is how the measure is working.

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