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_{Mr. Cudden presented on the work of the Smart Dublin Team and the projects that they were involved in. This presentation supplemented the report which was circulated in the meeting agenda. Mr. Cudden also spoke about his work on the Dublin Economic Monitor.} 

_{The Members thanked Mr. Cudden for his presentation and the work that his office has done. The Chair identified the goal of improving the lives of Citizens as being particularly important to her and specifically in supporting the families and carers of those with dementia and supported any initiatives that Smart Dublin can do to support this group. The Chair also highlighted the value of tracking and protecting bicycles in the City. Cllr. McAuliffe highlighted the importance of carefully managing the assets available to the City in terms of infrastructure and offering it to private business. Cllr. Bourke welcomed the investment into Smart Cities but highlighted the perceived failure of the real time Dublin bus information and the weak WIFI provided in the City Libraries.} 

_{Mr. Cudden responded that the challenge facing us related to behavioural change issues in large organisations, such as Dublin City Council and that the demonstrator projects being run by Smart Dublin can assist in promoting the value of Smart Cities. He also said that while technology can assist in solving certain problems, enforcement mechanisms were still required and this was the case with the use of bus lanes, illegal parking and bicycle theft. Mr. Cudden highlighted that dementia and assisted livings were huge opportunities in Internet of Things (IOT) and Smart Cities technologies and that both his team and the companies that they work with were always looking for good use cases to test new ideas in a real life environment and that is what Smart Dublin is about.}

_{Cllr. Gannon enquired about the opportunities for crime prevention within the Smart Dublin remit which would ultimately make the city safer. Cllr. Feeney highlighted the value of collaboration between the private sector and the City Council but also the cooperation between the 4 Dublin regional local authorities. Cllr. Feeney also suggested that illegal dumping may become more of an issue for the City as the full impact of new domestic waste collection arrangement came into force and also the issues surrounding citizen protection and privacy in terms data collection.}

_{Mr. Cudden responded that data protection was about striking a balance between the collection of data as a public good and being intrusive into people’s lives and that this would become more of an issue as the General Data Protection Rules (GDPR) came into effect as large fines can be imposed for the misuse of data. Illegal dumping represented a €1.5m problem for Dublin and that the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) fund could provide possible solutions to this problem. The biggest issue relates to the business model for IOT projects as technology can do a lot but the question remains as to who will pay for it. Mapping crime statistics is an issue that should be promoted in Dublin and Ireland.}