The Queensland Government says it will make sure the Crime and Misconduct Commission (CMC) always has enough money for phone taps.

The CMC has been allocated $14 million for five years to use telephone interception laws passed last year.

The State Government says phone tapping will become fully operational in Queensland from July.

Queensland Attorney-General Cameron Dick says it means the CMC can move from interim operations to a full system of phone taps from July.

“The CMC submission was well received by Government,” he said.

“We provided them with the funding that I understand they require to continue their operations in this important area of telephone tapping but we of course will keep it under review.

“I’ll keep in contact with the chairperson of the CMC and if further funding is needed, we’ll consider that of course.”

Mr Dick says the $14 million funding has now been allocated to allow the CMC to set up long-term operations in conjunction with the Australian Crime Commission.

“Money is not being taken from any other area in particular of policing or law enforcement,” he said.

“This is new funding that has been found from the budget and will be used exclusively by the CMC so they continue their work in respect of serious crime and official misconduct.”

But Deputy Opposition Leader Lawrence Springborg says the extra funding was required from the start.

“Since that time we’ve had the police and the CMC sharing similar resources,” he said.

“That’s obviously got some problems, particularly if you have the CMC investigating police for corruption or misconduct or vice versa.

“It’s yet to be seen whether this [$14 million funding] is enough, but certainly it’s money that should have been made available last year when the laws were passed.”