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Strategic plan
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124. (1) The Commission shall, with the approval of the Board, prepare and adopt a strategic plan to be submitted to the Minister for each ensuing 4 year period.
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(2) When preparing the strategic plan, the Commission shall consult with the Minister.
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(3) The Minister shall, as soon as practicable after a strategic plan has been submitted to him or her under subsection (1), cause a copy of it to be laid before each House of the Oireachtas.
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(4) The Commission shall ensure that, as soon as practicable after copies of a strategic plan are laid before both Houses of the Oireachtas in accordance with subsection (3), the strategic plan is published on a website maintained by or on behalf of the Commission.
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(5) When preparing a strategic plan, the Commission may consult such persons as it considers appropriate.
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(6) In this section, “strategic plan” means a document that—
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(a) specifies the key objectives, outputs and related strategies, including use of resources, of the Commission,
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(b) includes a review of the outcomes and effectiveness of the preceding strategic plan,
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(c) includes any other matters that the Minister may direct, and
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(d) is prepared in a form and manner that is in accordance with any directions issued from time to time by the Minister.
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(7) The strategic plan of the Commission in operation on the commencement of subsection (1) shall continue to apply until a strategic plan under this section comes into effect.
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