Pearse Doherty (Donegal South West, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I move amendment No. 19:

In page 27, line 14, after “body” to insert “who will lay it before the Houses of the Oireachtas”.

This amendment relates to annual reports and is connected to the previous two amendments about laying documents before the Houses of the Oireachtas. Section 21(2) states:

The Agency shall submit each report under subsection (1) to the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform and each Minister of the Government who is a relevant Minister in relation to the designated body.

The amendment proposes that it also be laid before the Houses of the Oireachtas by the Minister. The publication of the annual reports of many departmental agencies is often delayed, despite the fact that a Minister may have them for some time.