I welcome another former Member of this House, former Minister of State Paudie Coffey from Waterford. He is accompanied by David Ewing, who is a friend of his from Canada. They are very welcome to Leinster House and I hope they enjoy their visit.

Go raibh maith agat. I can see the smile on the face of the former Senator and Minister of State. Waterford is going well again, so he has something to shout about. The county will have a difficult weekend ahead of it, but I have faith in it.

I have a proposal. I recently heard an Teachta Geoghegan mentioning more security surveillance in towns and cities and all this type of stuff. It is quite a noble idea and I can see where he is coming from, but possibly a more pertinent way to do this would be to provide a grant to businesses that already have the relevant street fronts and positions. Most of them have security cameras of some sort, although a lot of them are outdated and of poor quality.

I know from my own position, having a business on a main street, that gardaí regularly look for camera footage for piles of different reasons, as we can all imagine. I suggest that these cameras should be to a certain standard, and that businesses liaise with gardaí before they are placed, so as to possibly pick up some blind spots. The quid pro quo could possibly be a tax rebate but a grant would be more efficient. It could be teased out, but there could possibly be a 50% grant for businesses that were going to install cameras. They could liaise with their local community gardaí and have the cameras to a certain standard. Most businesses have cameras at present, but the level and quality of them are hit and miss to say the least.

This would stop duplication and give a fuller picture of what is going out there. It is worth looking into. I mentioned it to the Minister, Deputy O'Callaghan, today when the topic came up. It is a good enough idea. I would appreciate it if the Leader were to bring it further up the line.