Jackie Cahill (Tipperary, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

The programme for Government includes a commitment to provide funding for the installation of CCTV in urban and rural areas. There are 78 communities in Tipperary eager to put in place CCTV systems but they are being hampered by the legislation. My understanding is that a statutory instrument was introduced which prevents the Garda from being the data protection and collection agency for the information gathered by the CCTV cameras.

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We need all the weapons we can have at our disposal to fight crime in urban and rural areas. People just cannot comprehend how the Garda cannot have access to this information and use it to fight crime.

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