Policing, Security and Community Safety Act 2024

Annual and other reports to Minister

138. (1) The Authority shall, not later than 3 months after the end of each year, prepare and submit to the Minister a report on its activities during the preceding year.

(2) A report referred to in subsection (1) shall include a statement of the Authority’s arrangements for implementing and maintaining adherence to its governance framework.

(3) The Authority may make such other reports as it considers appropriate for drawing to the attention of the Minister matters that have come to its notice and that, in its opinion, should, because of their gravity or other exceptional circumstances, be the subject of a special report to the Minister.

(4) The Minister may request the Authority to prepare and submit to him or her a report in respect of any matter relating to policing services and the Authority shall comply with the request as soon as practicable after receiving it.

(5) The Minister shall cause a copy of a report under this section to be laid before each House of the Oireachtas as soon as practicable after he or she receives the report.

(6) The Authority shall ensure that, as soon as practicable after a copy of a report under this section is laid before each House of the Oireachtas, the report is published on a website maintained by or on behalf of the Authority or in such other manner as the Authority considers appropriate.