James Bannon (Longford-Westmeath, Fine Gael)
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Question 464: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding funding to install closed circuit television in Edgeworthstown, County Longford as a measure to combat the rise in both vandalism and crime in the town; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10122/08]

Brian Lenihan Jnr (Dublin West, Fianna Fail)
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I am satisfied that CCTV schemes are a strong deterrent in fighting crime and anti-social behaviour as well as giving communities greater peace of mind. The Community-based CCTV Scheme was launched in June 2005 in response to a demonstrated demand from local communities across Ireland for the provision of CCTV systems. The scheme is designed to provide financial assistance to qualifying local organisations towards meeting the capital costs associated with the establishment of local community CCTV systems. The scheme also offers pre-development grants of up to €5,000 to enable qualifying applicants to investigate the need for CCTV in their area and to complete a detailed proposal. Pobal has been engaged to administer the scheme on behalf of my Department and it carries out thorough assessments of all applications received.

I have been informed by Pobal that no application was received from any group in Edgeworthstown, County Longford.It is intended to invite applications for funding under the Community-based CCTV Scheme on a periodic basis and it will be open to any group from County Longford to submit an application for funding at that time. Further details of the scheme and the relevant documentation are available on my Department's website (www.justice.ie) or on Pobal's website (www.pobal.ie).