Charles Flanagan (Laois, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I move amendment No. 25:

In page 21, between lines 5 and 6, to insert the following:“(3) Subject to subsections (4), (5) and (6), subsections (1) and (2) shall cease to have effect on the date of the coming into operation of section 165.

(4) The Commission shall, in respect of the period specified under subsection (6), prepare final accounts of the Commission.

(5) The Commission shall submit the final accounts prepared under subsection (4) to the Comptroller and Auditor General for audit not later than 3 months after the date of the coming into operation of section 165.

(6) For the purposes of subsection (4), the Minister may specify a period that is longer or shorter than a financial year of the Commission.”.

The provisions of section 23 relating to annual accounts of the data protection commission will no longer be appropriate when the commission has its own separate Vote. That will happen in due course under the later section 170 and later amendment No. 206.

Amendment No. 25 is a technical amendment which inserts a number of new subsections in section 23. The new subsection (3) will discontinue the application of subsections (1) and (2) of this section on the entry into force of section 170 as set out in the later amendment No. 206. Subsections (4) to (6), inclusive, incorporate provisions relating to the final accounts of the commission for the period prior to it obtaining its own Vote.