Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 15 December 2009
225 Deputy Michael Ring asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding closed circuit television cameras for a town (details supplied) in County Mayo; if funding has been made available for this purpose; the position regarding the application; when closed circuit television will be sanctioned; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46762/09]
View answerThe 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 offers pre-development (Stage 1) grants of up to €5,000 to enable qualifying 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.
Pobal, who administer the Scheme on behalf of my Department, indicate that an application for funding under Stage 1 was received in 2007 from an organisation in the town referred to by the Deputy. 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 feedback was provided to the unsuccessful applicant by Pobal in May 2007.
