Joe Costello (Dublin Central, Labour)

It is partly related to legislation. The voluntary code was agreed between the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform, the banks and the security industry. The Private Security Services Act, which provides for the introduction of a statutory code, was passed a year and a half ago but no statutory code is in place. We hear the Minister on the airwaves blaming the security industry and banks and stating that the voluntary code is not working. The statutory code should have been in place by now.

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