'Absolute clarity' over Limerick's use of CCTV needed, says minister

Patrick O’Donovan wrote to the Justice minister about the decision by the Data Protection Commission to fine the Limerick council €110,000 
'Absolute clarity' over Limerick's use of CCTV needed, says minister

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A Fine Gael TD contacted Justice Minister Helen McEntee telling her that there should be “absolute clarity” that Limerick City and County Council be allowed to share CCTV footage with the gardaí.

Patrick O’Donovan, a junior minister at the Office of Public Works, wrote to his Fine Gael colleague Ms McEntee about the decision by the Data Protection Commission to fine the Limerick council €110,000 and order it to turn off more than 350 CCTV cameras which it had installed illegally.

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