Alan Farrell (Dublin Fingal, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I thank the Minister. I alluded to the fact that these schemes are just so important. They provide people with peace of mind that if there is an incident, it can be looked back at. If there is an event, for instance, like the concerts that take place in Malahide Castle every summer, it is important that there is the opportunity for An Garda Síochána to engage with the local authority to make sure that everything is running as it should be. I am glad the Minister mentioned the GDPR element because that has been, frankly, a disappointment in recent years. Local authorities have wanted to run schemes or have had schemes in place but have been unable to review or deal with An Garda Síochána from an evidentiary perspective. In most instances that I can think of in Fingal, the schemes are no longer in existence because they became obsolete. I am pleased to hear the Minister is planning on commencing the elements of the Act that enable this and I wonder if she could be more specific. Does she expect that it will be done by autumn? If that is the case, perhaps she would be willing to provide the House with further information as to which local authorities have applied for funding.

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