Parliamentary Question addressed to the Minister for Justice and Equality

 

 

The Private Security Authority (PSA), an independent agency under the remit of my Department established under the Private Security Services Acts, 2004 and 2011, is the regulatory body with responsibility for regulating and licensing the private security industry in the State.

 

I have been informed by the PSA that, following the completion of a public consultation process on the future licensing requirements for CCTV and Intruder Alarm monitoring centres in February, the Board set 1 November 2014 as the date on which the licensing of CCTV monitoring centres would commence. My Department is currently in consultation with the PSA on the regulations required to implement this decision and I expect to be in a position to sign those regulations shortly.