Damien English (Meath West, Fine Gael)
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Question 65: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the finance raised under the scheme, IS EN 50131 Part 1 1997, since its inception; the number of applications under this scheme on a county basis since its inception; the number of successful and the number of unsuccessful applications for each county; if she will provide the information in tabular readable form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32732/08]

Mary Coughlan (Donegal South West, Fianna Fail)
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The Private Security Authority (PSA), established under the Private Security Services Act 2004 and operating under the remit of the Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform, is the regulatory body for the private security industry. I understand that under the Act, licences are compulsory for private security contractors providing Intruder Alarm installation services. In order to obtain a licence from the PSA the security provider must be certified as being compliant with IS EN 50131 for Intruder Alarm Installers as well as fulfilling a number of other conditions. My Department has no information on the number of successful or unsuccessful applications made to the PSA.

The National Standards Authority of Ireland (NSAI) is one of a number of certifying bodies authorised by the PSA to perform certification under the scheme. The NSAI have advised me that certain details in relation to their certification operations under IS EN 50131 cannot be provided due to reasons of commercial confidentiality and because the provision of such information would be contrary to the terms of NSAI's accreditation by the United Kingdom Accreditation Service. The NSAI have, however, provided in tabular form a list of names and addresses of intruder alarm installers certified by it. Further details may be available from the PSA which also maintains a register of licensees on its website — www.psa.gov.ie.