Motorway CCTV cameras
Deputy Bobby Aylward asked about promised CCTV cameras at motorway junctions to deter organised gangs targeting businesses. The Taoiseach said co-operation between local authorities, Gardaí, transport bodies and communities was needed and that he would report back on progress.
In the programme for Government, a commitment was given by the Government that CCTV cameras would be erected at all major junctions on our motorways. It was also in the Fianna Fáil manifesto that if we got into power we would do this. Is legislation in place for this and what is the timescale for the erection of these cameras? We have two motorways going through my constituency of Carlow-Kilkenny, the M9 and the M7, and organised gangs are coming from Dublin in particular and are targeting businesses and robbing them. In one case two weeks ago in Urlingford, a small village in north Kilkenny, a gang came from Dublin and robbed the safe. They took the lot and were in and out in 30 minutes. They got back onto the motorway and back to Dublin. What is the status of this legislation? The Garda needs all the help it can get and I ask the Government to take this on board as per the commitment it gave in the programme for Government.
