The Community-based CCTV Scheme was launched in 2005 to provide financial assistance towards the capital costs of establishing community CCTV systems in towns and cities throughout the country. A total of 43 schemes have been approved for substantive funding and to date 25 of these have been fully installed with the balance at various stages of implementation. Any future plans for the extension of the scheme are dependent on a number of factors including the progression of schemes already grant aided, the availability of funding and overall policy considerations.