Deirdre Clune (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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Question 569: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the support his Department will provide to introduce closed circuit television cameras on the public roads around University College Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14169/08]

Deirdre Clune (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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Question 570: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the support his Department will provide to introduce closed circuit television cameras on the public roads around Cork Institute of Technology; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14170/08]

Brian Lenihan Jnr (Dublin West, Fianna Fail)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 569 and 570 together.

CCTV systems have become an important and effective tool to support policing and community safety and they also act as a useful deterrent to crime and public disorder. Garda CCTV schemes are planned and implemented on the basis of the Garda Commissioner's identified operational needs. Garda CCTV systems are operational in 11 towns and cities around the country, including Cork, and a major programme of expansion involving the implementation of CCTV systems in a further 14 locations is underway. I am advised by the Garda Authorities that the expansion of the Garda CCTV scheme in Cork city is under consideration in the context of overall policing requirements there.