Policing, Security and Community Safety Act 2024
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Publication and implementation of capital plan | ||
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69. (1) Subject to subsection (3), the Minister shall, as soon as practicable, cause a copy of a capital plan to be laid before each House of the Oireachtas— | ||
(a) after the plan is approved by the Minister under paragraph (a) or (b) of section 68 (9), and | ||
(b) where the plan is amended— | ||
(i) pursuant to a direction under subsection (10) or (11) of section 68 , or | ||
(ii) by the Garda Commissioner in accordance with section 68 (12), | ||
after such amendment. | ||
(2) The Garda Commissioner shall ensure that, as soon as practicable after a copy of a capital plan is laid before each House of the Oireachtas, the plan as laid is published on a website maintained by or on behalf of An Garda Síochána or in such other manner as the Minister may specify. | ||
(3) The Minister may exclude from the copy of a capital plan to be laid before each House of the Oireachtas any matter that, in his or her opinion— | ||
(a) would be prejudicial to the interests of the security of the State, or | ||
(b) might facilitate the commission of an offence, prejudice a criminal investigation or jeopardise the safety of any person. | ||
(4) The Garda Commissioner shall take steps to ensure that the capital expenditure under a capital plan as laid under subsection (1) does not exceed the resources available to An Garda Síochána for such expenditure for the period to which the plan relates. | ||
(5) 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 a capital plan relates, so inform the Board and the Minister. |