Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 21 September 2021

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality

General Scheme of the Garda Síochána (Digital Recording) Bill 2021: Discussion

Photo of Lynn RuaneLynn Ruane (Independent) | Oireachtas source

I thank all the witnesses for their contributions. I have questions for everybody so I hope to be able to come back in at the end. I will ask direct questions and I ask the witnesses to be as concise as possible in their responses so I can get through as many of them as I can. My first questions are for the witnesses from the Garda Representative Association. Can they inform the committee of any plans to couple the use of CCTV with crime predictive technology such as PredPol? Has the Garda piloted any crime predictive schemes it may use to justify CCTV placement in particular communities? Has the Garda piloted any facial recognition software in CCTV, which may inform increased CCTV placement within particular communities? I would like an answer to those questions first and then I will come in with my next ones.

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