Mr. Michael Finn:

The challenge is presented by community-based CCTV schemes which were not established by the Garda. They were set up within communities and funding was available for them. The statutory instrument put the onus on the local authority as the data controller. They may be having difficulties in dealing with that responsibility. They share a lot of their data with us. If a crime is committed, under the legislation, we can have access to their data. The local authorities have a difficulty in managing all of the CCTV systems and being the data controller for them. The statutory instrument put the onus on them for the schemes.