Ossian Smyth (Dún Laoghaire, Green Party) | Oireachtas source

That is exactly what it is. It is a proposal that we will put into primary legislation the right of local authorities to use CCTV to obtain evidence to convict people, whether they are dumping, under the Waste Management Act, which is sometimes commercial, or littering. We worked with the Attorney General to ensure we were providing enough safeguards such that the person's right to privacy would be protected and that we would not be disproportionate in allowing local authorities to put up cameras everywhere and then using them to convict people of other crimes. It will mean specifically that the local authority will have to produce a code of use, which I can reject and so on. The local authority must use the footage specifically to catch people who litter in blackspots or other areas and to obtain evidence to that effect.