Tom Hayes (Tipperary South, Fine Gael)
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To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding funding under the community CCTV programme in respect of Tipperary town RAPID programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48866/12]

Alan Shatter (Dublin South, Fine Gael)
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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. To date, two major rounds of the Scheme have been advertised, in 2005/2006 and 2007. The Scheme provided for a substantive grant of up to €100,000 towards the capital cost of establishing a system. In addition it provided pre-development grants of up to €5,000 to assist local communities to develop proposals for CCTV systems. In the context of the Scheme, matching funding was also made available for RAPID areas.

I have been advised by Pobal, who administer the Scheme on behalf of my Department, that the Tipperary Rapid Anti-Social Behaviour Working Group received a pre-development grant under Round 2 of the Scheme. The current position is that funding provided under the previous two rounds has been fully allocated and no decision has been made in relation to the possible further extension of the Scheme. However, any future plans for such an extension will depend on a number of factors, including the availability of funding, the progression of the projects already grant aided and overall policy considerations.