Seán Fleming (Laois, Fianna Fail)
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145. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the date the private security appeals board will be established; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34665/16]

Frances Fitzgerald (Dublin Mid West, Fine Gael)
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I wish to inform the Deputy that the necessary arrangements are currently in train to appoint a new Board. To this end candidates have been sought for the position of a Chairperson and ordinary members of the Board, in accordance with the process outlined in the approved Guidelines on Appointments to State Boards, published in November 2014. Expressions of interest have been invited from suitably qualified candidates for appointment to the Private Security Appeals Board via the stateboards.ie webpage. Following the completion of the applications process, the process for the selection of candidates is now being finalised and I intend to bring nominations for appointment to the Board to the Government for approval in the near future. As the Deputy will appreciate, all appointments to the Private Security Appeals Board are made by the Government in accordance with the provisions of Schedule 2 to the Private Security Services Act 2004.