Michael Creed (Cork North West, Fine Gael)
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Question 347: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if funding is available from his Department via community alert for the installation of closed circuit television cameras for home security; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13044/09]

John Curran (Dublin Mid West, Fianna Fail)
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The Scheme of Community Support for Older People is administered and funded by my Department with the services delivered by local community and voluntary groups. It currently provides individual grants in respect of the once-off installation costs of socially monitored alarms, small items of physical security and in the case of qualifying older people living on our offshore islands, interior emergency lighting. The Scheme does not provide funding to offset the costs of closed circuit television cameras for home security and I have no plans to extend its scope to include such equipment.