PEOPLE Before Profit representative Ruairí Fahy has called for greater emphasis on tackling social exclusion in light of CCTV costs.
According to figures from Limerick City and County Council, the total cost for maintaining the public realm community CCTV systems between January 2017 and June 2023 was €2,318,801.
Additional costs of €378,073 were incurred dealing with the issues raised by the Data Protection Commission in relation to breaches of the GDPR.
“About half as much has been spent by the Council covering fines and maintaining what amounts to a mass surveillance system on the most deprived parts of Limerick City as has been allocated by Council budgets to the Social Inclusion Community Activation Programme administered by the Paul Partnership,” he said.
