Policing, Security and Community Safety Act 2024

Monitoring and assessment of measures in relation to recommendations in inspection reports

151. (1) Where recommendations are contained in a report submitted under section 149 or 150

(a) the Minister may, where he or she considers it appropriate, request the Authority to monitor and assess the actions taken by An Garda Síochána in relation to such of those recommendations as the Minister may specify in the request, and

(b) where no such request is made in respect of a recommendation, the Authority may monitor and assess the measures taken by An Garda Síochána in relation to the recommendation where it considers it appropriate.

(2) The Garda Commissioner shall provide the Minister and the Authority with such information and documents as the Minister or the Authority, as the case may be, may require for the purposes of this section.

(3) The Authority shall, as soon as practicable after it receives a request under subsection (1)(a), submit to the Minister a report on the measures taken by An Garda Síochána in relation to the recommendations specified in the request and may include in the report any other matter connected with the subject matter of the request that it considers should be brought to the attention of the Minister.