Niall Collins (Limerick West, Fianna Fail)
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Question 499: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if an application (details supplied) has been submitted; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18241/08]

Dermot Ahern (Louth, Fianna Fail)
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The Community-based CCTV Scheme provides 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 administers the scheme on behalf of my Department and it carries out thorough assessments of all applications received. I have been informed by Pobal that an application for Stage 1 funding was received from a CCTV steering group in the area referred to. It was successful and a pre-development grant of €4,900 was paid in September 2007.

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 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).

An Garda Síochána operates a number of CCTV systems, mainly in the central areas of larger towns and cities. I have been informed by the Garda authorities that the Garda CCTV Advisory Committee, which advises the Commissioner on Garda CCTV systems, has not received an application for a Garda CCTV scheme for the area referred to.