Policing, Security and Community Safety Act 2024
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Annual report | ||
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70. (1) The Garda Commissioner shall, not later than 4 months after the end of each year, prepare and submit to the Minister a report on the performance of An Garda Síochána during the preceding year (in this section referred to as an “annual report”). | ||
(2) An annual report shall not be submitted to the Minister unless it has been adopted by the Board. | ||
(3) An annual report shall, in respect of the year to which it relates, include— | ||
(a) a general statement of the services provided and activities undertaken by An Garda Síochána, | ||
(b) a report on the implementation of the strategic plan as laid under section 64 (1), | ||
(c) a report on the implementation of the annual service plan as laid under section 65 (12) or 66 (10), including the achievement of the performance targets, | ||
(d) a report on the implementation of the capital plan as laid under section 69 (1), | ||
(e) a statement of An Garda Síochána’s arrangements for implementing and maintaining adherence to its governance framework, | ||
(f) a report on the implementation of any directives issued by the Minister under section 37 , and | ||
(g) any other matters that the Board thinks fit. | ||
(4) Subject to subsection (6), the Minister shall, as soon as practicable after a copy of the annual report is submitted to him or her under subsection (1), cause a copy of it to be laid before each House of the Oireachtas. | ||
(5) The Garda Commissioner shall ensure that, as soon as practicable after a copy of the annual report is laid before each House of the Oireachtas, the report 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. | ||
(6) The Minister may exclude from the copy of the annual report to be laid before each House of the Oireachtas 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. |