I am committed to the expansion of the CCTV programme and contracts have recently been signed by the Garda authorities for the installation of 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.
I recently announced that it is planned for tenders to issue very shortly for a further 14 centres and Mullingar is included in this announcement. Other centres (in alphabetical order) are Athlone, Carlow, Castlebar, Clonmel, Drogheda, Dungarvan, Ennis, Kilkenny, Kinsale, Portlaoise, Sligo, Tallaght, and Waterford.
A request for tender (RFT) will issue to the marketplace very shortly for the installation of the systems with Mullingar included in this tender. Depending on the tender responses received it is anticipated that the system will be installed in 2007. Until the responses are received from the market, it is not possible to indicate the cost for each location. However, I can say that over €7.5m has been provided in the Garda Vote for 2007 for these projects.