The Minister for Justice, Equality and Defence, Alan Shatter TD, has today
announced a restructuring of the fees payable for contractor licences
issued by the Private Security Authority (PSA). The PSA has to date
licensed contractors in the cash in transit, door supervisor, security
guarding and installer of security equipment sectors.
The new fee structure follows proposals submitted to the Minister by the
Board of the Authority and sees the turnover fee paid by contractors with a
turnover of €300,000 or less reduced from €1,250 to €250. The additional
administration charge of €1,000 will remain unchanged and so the overall
fee payable by such contractors will now be €1,250 instead of the existing
€2,250, a reduction of 45%. Other changes will see the fee for new
businesses starting up in the security industry being reduced by 55% from
€2,250 to €1,000 while contractors who operate across multiple sectors of
the security industry will also benefit from changes to the fee.
The reduction in fee recognises the difficulties encountered by smaller
contractors in the current economic climate. Announcing the signing of the
Regulation into effect, Minister Shatter said “These contractors are
providing a valuable service to local clients and the fee reduction is made
in an effort to support their continuing in business. I am particularly
delighted at the reduction for new businesses which I hope will encourage
entrepreneurs to enter the industry and lead to increased employment.”
The Minister, together with the new Chairman of the PSA Board and the Chief
Executive of the PSA, recently co-signed the necessary Regulation into
effect, i.e. S.I. No. 293 of 2013, which enables this reduction in fees to
be implemented immediately. Furthermore, the new fee structure is to be
applied retrospectively from 1 January 2013. As a result, any contractor
who falls into this category and who paid the higher fee in respect of an
application made or licence granted on or after 1 January 2013 but who
would now be eligible for the lower fee, will be refunded the difference,
thereby also benefiting from the new lower revised fees structure.
Revised Fee Structure
| | |
Turnover Band | Turnover |Administratio|Total Fee
| Fee* | n Fee | Payable
-----------------------------------+-----------+-------------+----------
| | |
Greater than €10 and not exceeding| €250| €1,000| €1,250
€300,000 | | |
-----------------------------------+-----------+-------------+----------
| | €1,000|
Greater than €0.30 million and | €1,250| | €2,250
less than or equal to €0.625 | | |
million | | |
-----------------------------------+-----------+-------------+----------
| | €1,000|
Greater than €0.625 million and | €2,500| | €3,500
less than or equal to €1.25 | | |
million | | |
-----------------------------------+-----------+-------------+----------
| | €1,000|
Greater than €1.25 million and | €5,000| | €6,000
less than or equal to €3.75 | | |
million | | |
-----------------------------------+-----------+-------------+----------
| | €1,000|
Greater than €3.75 million and | €9,000| | €10,000
less than or equal to €10 million | | |
-----------------------------------+-----------+-------------+----------
| | €1,000|
Greater than €10 million | €19,000| | €20,000
* Where contractors operate across more than one sector of the industry,
the fee will now be based on their combined turnover across all sectors
rather than their turnover in each sector, as was previously the case.