Written answers
Tuesday, 17 April 2018
Department of Justice and Equality
Closed-Circuit Television Systems
Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire (Cork South Central, Sinn Fein)
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74. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will report on the roll out of his Department's community CCTV schemes; and his plans to ensure schemes can proceed. [16540/18]
Charles Flanagan (Laois, Fine Gael)
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As the Deputy is aware, my Department has launched a Community-based CCTV grant-aid scheme to assist groups in the establishment of community-based CCTV systems in their local areas.
There has been an increasing level of enquiries relating to the scheme. Some 11 applications have been received to date and I understand that a number of other applications are currently being readied for submission.
4 applications under the scheme have been approved to date, with approved funding totalling almost €120,000. A further 4 applications are under active consideration. The remaining 3 applications received to date have been returned to the applicants concerned, to enable them to provide the information necessary to qualify for grant-aid.
Of the 4 approved applications for funding, 3 separate schemes are to be established in County Wexford and 1 in County Wicklow.
Under the scheme, eligible community groups can apply for grant-aid of up to 60% of the total capital cost of a proposed CCTV system, up to a maximum grant of €40,000.
Full details of the grant aid package including guidelines, application forms, code of practice and other relevant documentation are all available to download from my Department's website - www.justice.ie.
I am very conscious of the value that communities, especially rural communities, place on CCTV as a means of deterring crime and assisting in the detection of offenders and I would encourage interested groups to avail of the scheme.
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