Jim O'Keeffe (Cork South West, Fine Gael)
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Question 345: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform the number and location of those closed circuit television camera systems that are monitored by the Garda on a 24-hour basis; the level of monitoring being applied by gardaí across all CCTV systems in terms of man hours on a daily basis; if he is committed to the further expansion of the Garda CCTV programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37376/10]

Dermot Ahern (Louth, Fianna Fail)
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Garda town centre CCTV systems are planned and implemented on the basis of operational needs identified by An Garda Síochána and any plans for the further extension of the current Garda CCTV Programme will be a matter for the Garda Commissioner in the first instance.

I have been informed by the Garda authorities that 27 Garda CCTV schemes are operational in the following locations: Dublin City centre (north and south); Tralee; Cork City; Bray; Dun Laoghaire; Dundalk; Limerick; Galway; Finglas; Clondalkin; Ballyfermot; Tullamore; Drogheda; Tallaght; Mullingar; Waterford; Portlaoise; Kilkenny; Ennis; Castlebar; Sligo; Kinsale; Dungarvan; Athlone; Clonmel and Carlow.

Specific information in relation to the monitoring of Garda CCTV systems is not readily available and I will contact the Deputy at a later date in relation to this matter.