Policing, Security and Community Safety Act 2024
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Reports of inspections undertaken at request of Minister | ||
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150. (1) Where the Minister requests the Authority to carry out an inspection under section 143 (2), the Authority shall, as soon as practicable after the completion of the inspection, submit a report of the inspection to the Minister. | ||
(2) A report under this section may, where appropriate, contain recommendations for any action that the Authority considers necessary. | ||
(3) The Authority shall, as soon as practicable after submitting a report under this section to the Minister, submit a copy of the report to the Garda Commissioner. | ||
(4) Subject to subsection (5), the Minister shall cause a copy of a report under this section to be laid before each House of the Oireachtas as soon as practicable after he or she receives the report. | ||
(5) The Minister may exclude from a copy of a report to be laid before each House of the Oireachtas under subsection (4) any matter that, in his or her opinion, might facilitate the commission of an offence, prejudice a criminal investigation or jeopardise the safety of any person. | ||
(6) The Authority shall ensure that, as soon as practicable after a copy of a report under this section is laid before each House of the Oireachtas, the report as laid is published on a website maintained by or on behalf of the Authority or in such other manner as the Authority considers appropriate. | ||
(7) The Garda Commissioner shall, at the request of the Minister and within such period of time and in such manner as may be specified by the Minister, submit a response in writing to the Minister to a report under this section, setting out his or her consideration of the report and what actions (if any) he or she proposes to take in relation to the report. | ||
(8) Where he or she considers it appropriate, the Minister may— | ||
(a) provide a copy of a response received under subsection (7) to the Authority, or | ||
(b) publish all or part of such a response. |