Institutional Burials Act 2022
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Review and report by Oversight Committee | ||
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71. (1) Subject to subsection (2), the Oversight Committee may, and if so requested by the relevant Minister where he or she has consulted with the Minister for Justice, shall, review any matter relating to the management and operation of the Databases, prepare a report in writing on the review and, as soon as practicable after the report is prepared, furnish a copy of the report to the relevant Minister, the Minister for Justice and the Director. | ||
(2) A report under subsection (1) shall not contain confidential information (within the meaning of section 30 (5)). | ||
(3) Subject to subsections (4) and (5), the relevant Minister concerned shall, as soon as practicable after receiving a report under subsection (1), cause a copy of the report— | ||
(a) to be laid before each House of the Oireachtas, and | ||
(b) to be published in such manner as the relevant Minister considers appropriate. | ||
(4) The relevant Minister concerned may, when laying the report before each House of the Oireachtas and publishing the report under subsection (2), omit any matter from the report where he or she is of opinion that the disclosure of that matter would be prejudicial to the security of the Databases. | ||
(5) If a matter is, in accordance with subsection (4), omitted from a report laid and published under subsection (3), a statement to that effect shall be attached to the report when it is so laid and published. |