Willie Penrose (Westmeath, Labour)
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Question 190: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he has received an application for a closed circuit television scheme for an area (details supplied); if same will be progressed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37410/05]

Michael McDowell (Dublin South East, Progressive Democrats)
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The day to day administration of the community based CCTV scheme is undertaken on my behalf by Pobal, formerly Area Development Management Ltd., which has been engaged by my Department to carry out thorough assessments of all applications for grant assistance under the scheme.

Applications for funding will be assessed against the criteria set out in the application guidelines, which were published on the websites of both Pobal and my Department, with a view to forming a list of projects suitable for funding under the scheme. I am informed by Pobal that an application for stage 2 funding has been received from the group referred to by the Deputy. On completion of the assessment process, and subject to it, qualifying applications will be forwarded for consideration to the community CCTV project board, which is chaired by my Department, and includes representatives of the Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs, the Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government, the Chambers of Commerce of Ireland, Pobal and the Garda Síochána.

The project board will make funding recommendations on each qualifying application to me before I make a final decision on the matter. I am further informed by Pobal that the process of evaluation and assessment of applications is under way and that recommendations will be made to the project board very shortly.