Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 5 December 2006
189 Mr. Perry asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the progress he has made on the revised documentation submitted with regard to the provision of closed circuit television in O’Connell Street, Sligo and adjoining streets which has been promised by two Government Departments; the amount of funding that has been ringfenced; when it will be rolled out; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41543/06]
Amharc ar fhreagraI am informed by the Garda authorities that Sligo is one of the 17 areas which form part of the Garda CCTV Programme, as follows (listed alphabetically): Athlone, Ballyfermot, Carlow, Castlebar, Clondalkin, Clonmel, Drogheda, Dungarvan, Ennis, Kilkenny, Kinsale, Mullingar, Portlaoise, Sligo, Tallaght, Tullamore and Waterford.
The Garda authorities are currently evaluating tenders for the installation of three Garda CCTV Systems in Ballyfermot, Clondalkin and Tullamore. These three towns were chosen as representative of the average size of a Garda Síochána CCTV system, containing a good cross-section of the type of urban area in which Garda CCTV is typically deployed. These systems will use wireless CCTV technology which will allow CCTV cameras to be redeployed as necessary to meet changing policing requirements. Contractors will be required to complete the deployment of these CCTV systems before the end of March 2007.
Further such projects are under consideration by the Garda Commissioner as part of the process of outsourcing Garda CCTV systems. Sligo will be considered together with the remainder of the Garda CCTV Programme.
The recently published Estimates for 2007 contain an increased provision of €7.5m for CCTV to meet a range of developments which will incur costs in 2007.
