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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

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MEETING OF TALLAGHT AREA COMMITTEE

Monday, October 21, 2019

QUESTION NO. 18

QUESTION: Councillor D. Richardson

"To ask the Chief Executive to report on what plans the Council have for CCTV in the Deerpark area?"

REPLY:

"There are currently no proposals to install CCTV in Deerpark (or other areas) and it is the Council's current position that any extension of the Community Based CCTV scheme would be cost prohibitive without an additional source of funding being identified.

The Council is not currently in receipt of an allocation of funding under the current scheme for Community CCTV.  Limited funding (60% of €40,000 allowable expenditure) is available to Community Groups to install and maintain new CCTV security systems under the Department of Justice Community Based CCTV Scheme.  No applications have been made under this scheme by the Council, and any require the approval of the Council’s Joint Policing Committee (JPC).  A recent report considered by the JPC on this issue noted the complexities of installing community CCTV systems as well as the substantial costs involved in installation, maintenance and monitoring of same."