Alan Shatter (Dublin South, Fine Gael)
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Question 53: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform if the Garda closed circuit television system has been updated to digital nationwide; the areas which have been updated and which have yet to be updated; the timescale in which the work will be completed nationwide; the number of CCTV cameras which have to date been digitalised; the cost to date and the final total estimate cost of the project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39462/10]

Dermot Ahern (Louth, Fianna Fail)
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I am informed by the Garda authorities that Garda CCTV systems have been deployed at the locations set out in the Table below. The systems use analogue cameras and a mixture of fibre optic & radio technologies to transfer the images to monitoring stations. The systems installed after 2007 have digital storage. While the systems installed before 2007 previously used VHS tapes their recorders were replaced during 2009/10 with digital equipment at a cost of €230,000.