Policing, Security and Community Safety Act 2024
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Publication and implementation of strategic plan | ||
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64. (1) Subject to subsection (3), the Minister shall, as soon as practicable, cause a copy of a strategic plan to be laid before each House of the Oireachtas— | ||
(a) after the plan is approved by the Minister under subsection (6)(a) or (7)(a) of section 63 , | ||
(b) where the plan is amended by the Minister in accordance with section 63 (8)(a), after such amendment, and | ||
(c) where the plan is amended by the Board in accordance with section 63 (8)(b), after such amendment is approved by the Minister under subparagraph (ii) of that section. | ||
(2) The Garda Commissioner shall ensure that, as soon as practicable after a copy of a strategic plan is laid before each House of the Oireachtas, the plan as laid is published on a website maintained by or on behalf of An Garda Síochána or in such other manner as the Minister may specify. | ||
(3) The Minister may exclude from the copy of a strategic plan to be laid before each House of the Oireachtas under subsection (1) or published under subsection (2) any matter that, in his or her opinion— | ||
(a) would be prejudicial to the interests of the security of the State, or | ||
(b) might facilitate the commission of an offence, prejudice a criminal investigation or jeopardise the safety of any person. | ||
(4) The Board, in consultation with the Garda Commissioner, shall provide the Minister with reports on the implementation of the strategic plan— | ||
(a) as part of the annual report (within the meaning of section 70 ), and | ||
(b) in such other manner and at such intervals as the Minister may direct. |