A Green Party TD has called for cameras produced by a company partially owned by the Chinese Government to be removed from Leinster House due to safety concerns.
Patrick Costello said Hikvision devices are being used in the Kildare Street building in Dublin. His plea came just days after Australia announced it was removing security cameras made by firms linked to the Chinese Communist Party from its defence department buildings.
Mr Costello wrote to Ceann Comhairle Sean O Fearghail and the House of the Oireachtas Commission on Friday asking them to “review the use of Hikvision cameras”. In the letter, seen by the Irish Mirror, he attached a number of links to news articles about other Governments no longer using the cameras.
