Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2022

Amendment of section 30 of Principal Act

22. Section 30 of the Principal Act is amended—

(a) by the substitution of the following subsection for subsection (1):

“(1) The Minister shall ensure that a copy of an approved corporate plan is laid before both Houses of the Oireachtas—

(a) within 21 days after the plan is approved by the Minister and the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth, and

(b) if the plan is amended under section 29(6) after being approved by the Minister and the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth, within 21 days after—

(i) in the case of an amendment made by the Minister or, in so far as the amendment relates to the performance by the Executive of its specialist community-based disability services functions, the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth, the making of the amendment, or

(ii) in the case of an amendment made by the Executive, the amendment is approved by the Minister or, in so far as the amendment relates to the performance by the Executive of its specialist community-based disability services functions, the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth.”,

(b) in subsection (3)—

(i) by the insertion of “and the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth” after “the Minister” where it first occurs in that subsection, and

(ii) in paragraph (b), “or, in so far as the plan relates to the performance by the Executive of its specialist community-based disability services functions, the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth” after “the Minister”,

and

(c) by the substitution of the following subsection for subsection (4):

“(4) During the specified period, the Freedom of Information Acts 1997 and 2003 do not apply to a record containing—

(a) a corporate plan, or an amendment to such plan, that has not been approved by the Minister and the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth,

(b) a preliminary or other draft of all or part of the contents of a corporate plan or of an amendment to a corporate plan, or

(c) the unamended version of a corporate plan that is approved after being amended in accordance with a direction of the Minister or the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth.”.