Pádraig Mac Lochlainn (Donegal North East, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I move amendment No. 46:

In page 22, before section 16, to insert the following new section:
“16.—(1) The Authority shall, as soon as practicable after the establishment day and thereafter within 6 months before each third anniversary of the establishment day, prepare and submit to the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality, or any Oireachtas Joint Committee that may replace that Committee, for approval by the said Committee with or without amendment, a strategic plan for the ensuing 3 year period.
(2) A strategic plan shall—(a) comply with any directions issued from time to time by the aforesaid Committee in respect of the form and manner of the plan’s preparation,
(b) set out the key objectives, outputs and related strategies of the Authority, including the use of its resources, and
(c) have regard to the need to ensure the most beneficial and efficient use of the Authority’s resources.(3) The Committee shall, as soon as practicable after a strategic plan has been so approved, cause a copy of it to be laid before each House of the Oireachtas.”.

The amendment is in the spirit of the Minister's amendment. It is strange to speak through the Chair when I am asking the Minister to agree with me. The Chairman is a nice guy and I will speak to him.