Vol. 526 No. 6
364 Mr. McGrath asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if an application for an on-street CCTV camera system was received for Mullingar town; the assessment procedures for adjudicating on this and other applications; and the reason Mullingar was excluded from the scheme despite the strong representations from Garda authorities in Mullingar. [27503/00]
I am informed by the Garda authorities that an application for a Garda CCTV system in Mullingar town was received in late September 2000. The application is currently under consideration.
Applications for Garda CCTV systems are assessed by the committee on the basis of Garda operational needs and include the following criteria: crime-public order statistics in the area; population and level of activity there; the recommendation of local Garda management and any special circumstances-needs that exist.
Co-funding is a feature of Garda CCTV systems and this is usually addressed when it has been decided to install a Garda CCTV system in an area.
