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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

MEETING OF SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

Monday, September 09, 2024

QUESTION NO. 15

QUESTION: Councillor Y. Collins

To ask the Council whether it has asked the Data Protection Commissioner to review its finding that the Council may not install CCTV in its public parks,  to act as a deterrent against acts of vandalism such as the recent destruction of cherry trees and saplings in Dodder Valley Park, as per the Motion submitted by me at our Council meeting on the 13th May 2024

REPLY:

In 2022, the Data Protection Commission (DPC) audited this Council's use of CCTV across a range of services and functions.  This has been followed by a lengthy period of engagement and communication between the Council and DPC which included a requirement that we provide comprehensive information on our CCTV infrastructure, its purpose and the basis for its use.  This process has not yet concluded and it is therefore not currently known what the final position of the DPC position will be in relation to CCTV in park locations.  We have clearly outlined to the DPC our justification for the use of CCTV and we await the final findings of the DPC audit which will determine the future use of CCTV in our parks and other locations.