New Garda callout system to be rolled out by year's end

Garda commissioner Drew Harris had previously pointed to the current CAD system for the failings which led to the 999 cancelled calls controversy. File picture: Sam Boal/Rollingnews.ie

A new computer-aided dispatch system for An Garda Síochána callouts is set to finally go live in the final quarter of this year — but only in the Dublin region.

The next-generation dispatch system, which is set to replace its predecessor — first introduced in the late 1980s — has been developed at a cost of €13.5m.