Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 29 September 2010
1114 Deputy Michael Ring asked the Minister for Justice and Law Reform if an application has been received seeking closed circuit television for the town of Westport, County Mayo; the position with this application; when funding will be provided for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32797/10]
Amharc ar fhreagraThe Community-based CCTV Scheme was launched in 2005 to provide financial assistance towards the capital costs of establishing a community CCTV system. To date two major rounds of this Scheme have been advertised, in 2005 and 2007. Two types of grant have been made available. Substantive grants of up to €100,000 have been made available from my Department with the Department of Community, Equality and Gaeltacht Affairs providing matching funding for successful applications from RAPID areas. Pre-development grants of up to €5,000 have also been made available to assist local communities to develop substantive proposals in their areas.
I am advised by Pobal, who administer the Scheme on behalf of my Department, that an application for a pre-development grant was received from a Westport CCTV Consortium. Following a thorough assessment of the application, it was deemed not to have met a number of the qualifying criteria and was not approved for funding. Any further plans for an extension of CCTV are dependent on a number of factors, including the progression of the schemes already grant aided, the availability of funding and overall policy considerations.
