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THE CEO of Ennis Chamber of Commerce has expressed concern that the installation of CCTV is not likely to be put in place in the town until early 2007.
Rita McInerney says the Chamber was led to believe that it would be put in place by the end of next year, but the Jus- tice Minister Michael McDowell has now indi- cated that there will be a further delay.
“We keep _ getting promised and we would be disappointed if it was put back to 2007. This must be the fourth oc- casion it was put back,” said Ms McInerney.
She said the issue of CCTV is a high prior- ity on the Chamber’s
agenda.
“We see it aS a pre- ULE TOA (OMB OO CerKIIDKoMEEA Ke just want to be proac- tive. Let’s get the CCTV before we have a huge problem with crime. There is a slight prob- lem of public disorder. We need to stamp that out and CCTV 1s a huge CK ere MUNM NNR USteTROR
“Windows do get bro- ken, but this could es- calate to more serious types of crime, includ- ing burglary,’ said Ms McInerney.
The need for CCTV in the town was also raised at this month’s meeting of Ennis Town Council.
Councilor Tom Glynn (FF) stated that CCTV was urgently needed to serve aS a deterrent to anti-social behavior in the town.
“If there was more CCTV it would certain- ly help to bring these culprits to justice.” Cllr Glynn who is a teach- er in Ennis National School was speaking after a number of cars were found burned out in the car park adjoining the school.
Meanwhile the De- partment of Justice has confirmed that one En- nis community group has applied from the department’s new part- funded CCTV scheme in the coming year.
Community groups had to raise at least 15% of the funding while the remainder could be sought from public bod- loa
In total, 32 groups ap- plied for funding for the schemes nationwide.