Michael Cahill (Kerry, Fianna Fail)

I welcome the delegation to the committee. How seriously is the use of CCTV cameras taken? I have been a member of the joint policing committee in Kerry in the past. Killarney is probably the busiest town in Ireland for a town of its size, if not one of the busiest in Europe. Killarney has been campaigning for years for CCTV. I am aware a CCTV system was in operation in Killorglin but has since broken down. Killorglin had to wait for years as well. My village of Glenbeigh was waiting. I proposed in the past the use of CCTV cameras at strategic locations. We have roaming gangs coming into our county, although we are not all saints in my county either, by the way. CCTV obviously works as a deterrent and helps to bring people before the courts. What kind of budget is there for CCTV systems? That is the bottom line.