Policing, Security and Community Safety Act 2024

Implementation of annual service plan

67. (1) The Garda Commissioner shall manage the services set out in an annual service plan, as laid under section 65 (12) or section 66 (10), so as to ensure that those services are delivered, in so far as practicable, in accordance with the plan and in a manner that does not exceed the resources available to An Garda Síochána for the period to which the plan relates.

(2) The Garda Commissioner shall, as soon as practicable after he or she forms the opinion that any actions, proposed actions, omissions or proposed omissions by him or her will have the effect of An Garda Síochána exceeding the resources available to it for the period to which an annual service plan relates, so inform the Board and the Minister.