Communications (Retention of Data) Act 2011
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9.— (1) The Garda Commissioner shall prepare and submit a report to the Minister in respect of data specified in Schedule 2 that were the subject of all disclosure requests made under section 6 (1) during the relevant period. | |
(2) The Chief of Staff of the Permanent Defence Force shall prepare and submit a report to the Minister for Defence in respect of data specified in Schedule 2 that were the subject of all disclosure requests made under section 6 (2) during the relevant period. | ||
(3) The Revenue Commissioners shall prepare and submit a report to the Minister for Finance in respect of data specified in Schedule 2 that were the subject of all disclosure requests made under section 6 (3) during the relevant period. | ||
(4) A report under subsection (1), (2) or (3) shall be submitted as soon as is practicable after the end of the relevant period. | ||
(5) The report shall include— | ||
(a) the number of times when data had been disclosed in response to a disclosure request, | ||
(b) the number of times when a disclosure request could not be met, | ||
(c) the average period of time between the date on which the retained data were first processed and the disclosure request. | ||
(6) The Minister for Defence shall review the report submitted under subsection (2) and shall forward it to the Minister, along with any comments that he or she may have with respect to it. | ||
(7) The Minister for Finance shall review the report submitted under subsection (3) and shall forward it to the Minister, along with any comments that he or she may have with respect to it. | ||
(8) The Minister, on receipt of the report submitted under subsection (1) and the reports forwarded to him or her under subsection (6) and (7) shall review the reports and the comments and shall prepare a State report that consolidates those reports and submit it to the European Commission. | ||
(9) A State report shall be submitted as soon as is practicable after the end of the relevant period. | ||
(10) The State report shall include the matters referred to in subsection (5). | ||
(11) For the purposes of this section, “relevant period” means— | ||
(a) the period beginning on the day on which this Act commences and ending on the 31 December next following that day, and | ||
(b) each successive 12 month period. |