Enda Kenny (Mayo, Fine Gael)
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Question 84: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding approval of a closed circuit television system for Ballina town centre, County Mayo; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18494/10]

Dermot Ahern (Louth, Fianna Fail)
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The Community-based CCTV Scheme was launched in 2005 to provide financial assistance towards the capital costs of establishing a community CCTV system. The scheme also provides for pre-development (Stage 1) grants of up to €5,000 to enable potential applicants to investigate the need for CCTV in their area and to complete a detailed proposal. To date there have been two major rounds of this Scheme, in 2005 and 2007.

I am advised by Pobal, which administers the Scheme on behalf of my Department, that a Stage 1 grant of €5,000 was awarded to an organisation in Ballina in 2006 and that an application for Stage 2 funding was subsequently received in 2007. Following a thorough assessment of the application it was deemed not to have met a number of the qualifying criteria and was therefore not approved for funding. I am further advised that relevant feedback was provided to the unsuccessful applicant by Pobal in January 2008.