545. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if he will provide a schedule of the number of PSA licences refused, revoked or not renewed by the Private Security Authority since the authority came into existence; and if he will clarify whether applicants for licences must provide tax compliance certificates as part of an application for a licence to operate, in tabular form. [53212/26]

Details on the numbers of contractor licences that are refused or revoked by the Private Security Authority, as well as the rates of renewal of contractor licences, are published in the Annual Reports of the Private Security Authority which are available at www.psa-gov.ie/annual-reports/.

To be of assistance to the Deputy, the figures for the last three years are:

Section 24 of the Private Security Services Act 2004 sets out the legislative requirements concerning tax clearance certificates when a person is applying for a licence or to renew a licence. Under section 24(2) a person is generally required to have a tax clearance certificate that is in force. The limited exceptions, where a person has applied for a tax clearance certificate and either that application has not been determined or the certificate has been refused and an appeal has been made against that refusal, are set out in Section 24.