Institutional Burials Act 2022
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Annual report | ||
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23. (1) Subject to subsections (3) and (4), not later than 30 June in each year, a Director shall prepare and adopt an annual report in relation to the performance of the functions of the Director during the immediately preceding calendar year. | ||
(2) Notwithstanding subsection (1), if, but for this subsection, the first report under this section would relate to a period of less than 6 months, the report shall relate to that period and to the year immediately following that period and shall be made as soon as may be, but not later than 6 months after the end of that year. | ||
(3) A draft of an annual report prepared under subsection (1) shall be submitted by the Director to the Advisory Board for its consideration and the Board may submit observations in writing to the Director on the draft report within such period of time as is specified by the Director when submitting the draft to the Board. | ||
(4) A Director shall consider any observations submitted to him or her by an Advisory Board in accordance with subsection (3) before adopting the annual report. | ||
(5) Subject to subsection (6), without prejudice to the generality of subsection (1), an annual report shall include— | ||
(a) a statement of the activities undertaken by the Director, | ||
(b) the name of each person the Director has— | ||
(i) entered into a contract or arrangement with under section 19 , and | ||
(ii) appointed as a consultant or adviser under that section, | ||
and | ||
(c) such other information— | ||
(i) as the Director considers appropriate to include, or | ||
(ii) as the relevant Minister directs should be included, which may include financial statements. | ||
(6) An annual report shall not contain confidential information (within the meaning of section 30 (5)). | ||
(7) A Director shall, not later than 21 days after adopting the annual report, submit a copy of that report to the relevant Minister. | ||
(8) A relevant Minister shall ensure that copies of the annual report are laid before each House of the Oireachtas as soon as may be after the relevant Minister receives the report. | ||
(9) A Director shall, as soon as practicable after copies of the annual report are laid before the Houses of the Oireachtas, ensure that the report is published— | ||
(a) on a website maintained by the Government, the relevant Minister or the Director, and | ||
(b) if requested by the relevant Minister, in such other manner as he or she may specify. |