COMHAIRLE CONTAE ÁTHA CLIATH THEAS
SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

MEETING OF TALLAGHT AREA COMMITTEE (1)

Monday, February 15, 2010

MOTION NO 3.

MOTION: Councillor M. Corr

That this Committee deplores the lack of a fit for purpose CCTV system in the RAPID areas of Tallaght two years and three months after it has been rubber stamped by South Dublin's Joint Policing Committee and calls on Garda management to ensure the facts behind this delay are made available to the communities of Brookfield, Fettercairn, Jobstown and Killinarden who have been waiting for this system to fill in the major gaps in policing provision in their areas.

REPORT:

South Dublin County Council through the Community Services Department has been involved with the various promoters of Community CCTV from the outset and is represented on the overall Steering Committee.

Community C.C.T.V. Projects for Jobstown, Killinarden and Brookfield/Fettercairn areas were unanimiously approved by the Joint Policing Committee at its inaugural meeting.

The Council is obliged to act as Data Controller for publicly funded community CCTV schemes in its area. This was a requirement of the Garda Commissioner’s approval of same.

The overall purpose of these schemes is to support local communities who wish to install & maintain CCTV security systems in their area with the aim of increasing public safety & reducing the risk of anti-social & criminal activity in places that the general public have routine access to in their areas.

The Council is fully supportive of the groups involved and has provided every assistance possible to them from initial application stage.

There are 3 schemes in the Tallaght area:

Jobstown

Brookfield – Fettercairn

Killinarden

The respective promoters for these schemes are, Jobstown CDP and Partas for the latter two.

Construction is complete on all these Schemes and the cameras are connected to ESB network. Information signage has been placed on all camera poles.

The Superintendent approved the proposal to have these monitored by the Tallaght Gardai. This change from the original concept of part time monitoring by the community, possibly as a social enterprise project has the full support of all the stakeholders. Application for funding of the necessary works and supply of monitoring equipment in Tallaght Garda Station was made by the promoters and approval of grant was issued in late December The Contractor has been asked by the Gardai to make alterations to the previously agreed specification. Enabling works to provide Tallaght Garda Station with the capability to monitor the community CCTV cameras in Brookfield/ Fettercairn, Jobstown and Killinarden are currently being progressed and are scheduled to be fully completed by mid February. Ongoing monitoring thereafter will be an operational matter for the Gardai having regard to available resources.