Ciarán Cuffe (Dún Laoghaire, Green Party)
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Question 312: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his Department is drafting legislation or intends to draft legislation to regulate the use of closed circuit television cameras on private dwellings in residential areas. [7037/08]

Brian Lenihan Jnr (Dublin West, Fianna Fail)
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There are provisions contained in the Data Protection Acts 1998 and 2003 which are designed to apply to personal data that is recorded through the operation of CCTV systems or other monitoring equipment. The Privacy Bill 2006 that is before the Seanad provides for a tort of violation of privacy. The violations of privacy that are provided for in the Bill include the subjection of an individual to aural or visual surveillance.