Vol. 561 No. 5
248 Mr. Timmins asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the progress which has been made to date with respect to the installation of closed circuit television in Bray, County Wicklow; the cost of the work to date; when work will be implemented; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4885/03]
I have been informed by the Garda authorities that the construction of the monitoring room and the installation of the necessary monitoring equipment in Bray Garda station has been completed. The process of obtaining wayleave permission from the owners of property where it is planned to erect CCTV equipment or where cables will cross is being pursued. Following receipt of wayleave from those concerned, my Department will place site and newspaper notices detailing the planned erection of cameras and poles in Bray. The system will consist of 13 cameras at different locations throughout the town.
The Local Government (Planning and Development) Regulations 2001, require that drawings and particulars of the system be made available for inspection for a period of six weeks at the offices of my Department, at the offices of Bray town council and at Bray Garda station. Submissions or observations with respect to the proposed development must be made in writing to my Department within this time. Once this process has been completed, and subject to it, the contractor will be directed to erect poles and camera equipment and connect these to Bray Garda station. In respect of the cost of the work to date, I am further informed that the contractor has received a total of €217,946 inclusive of VAT for works already carried out in Bray. It is expected that the installation of the infrastructure and camera equipment will be completed over a period of 20 weeks from completion of the planning process.
