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Westmeath County Council has confirmed that it intends to proceed with the use of CCTV imagery for the purpose of detecting and preventing illegal dumping once legislation is formally enacted.

Illegal dumping along roads on the outskirts of Galway could be stopped if local authorities were allowed to use CCTV footage to pursue and prosecute culprits.

The need for CCTV in towns in the county was raised at two different municipal district monthly meetings this week. The issue of some CCTV cameras not operating in Westport was raised at the West Mayo Municipal District, while at the Claremorris-Swinford Municipal District, a call was made for the installation of CCTV in Claremorris town to curb anti-social behaviour.

Local authorities in the State are to be given new powers to tackle illegal dumping using CCTV, drones, and number plate recognition technology.

A Fine Gael councillor has claimed that only six of the 19 CCTV cameras in the county town are working.

Sinn Féin candidate in the Claremorris area, Natasha Warde, has highlighted the need to install CCTV cameras in the town of Claremorris, after a number of complaints were made to her on the doorsteps.

"If elected, I will be giving a significant amount of my allocation to providing CCTV in Castlebar estates to help people feel safer in their homes," - Independent candidate, for the Castlebar area, Harry Barrett has stated.

Irish Rural Link (IRL), the national network representing the interest of rural communities have today, with its base in Moate, has welcomed news that local authorities will now be the data controllers for the community CCTV scheme.

Fianna Fáil TD for Mayo Dara Calleary says the value of community based CCTV schemes cannot be ignored in the debate on the future of these programmes. The Data Protection Commissioner has confirmed that the office will look into concerns which have been raised about the scheme.