Policing, Security and Community Safety Act 2024
Reports of inspections undertaken on Authority’s initiative | ||
149. (1) Where the Authority carries out an inspection pursuant to section 143 (1), the Authority shall, as soon as practicable after the completion of the inspection, submit a report of the inspection to the Garda Commissioner and to the Minister. | ||
(2) A report under this section may, where appropriate, contain recommendations for any action that the Authority considers necessary. | ||
(3) Subject to subsection (4), the Authority shall ensure that, as soon as practicable after a report under this section is submitted to the Garda Commissioner and the Minister, the report is published on a website maintained by or on behalf of the Authority or in such other manner as the Authority considers appropriate. | ||
(4) The Authority may exclude from a report to be published pursuant to subsection (3) any matter that, in its opinion, might facilitate the commission of an offence, prejudice a criminal investigation or jeopardise the safety of any person. | ||
(5) The Garda Commissioner shall, at the request of the Authority and within such period of time and in such manner as may be specified by the Authority, submit a response in writing to the Authority 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. | ||
(6) The Authority shall submit a copy of the Garda Commissioner’s response under subsection (5) to the Minister as soon as practicable after receiving it. | ||
(7) The Authority may publish all or part of a response received under subsection (5) where it considers it appropriate. |