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Corporate plan of Agency
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23. (1) The Agency shall prepare and adopt a corporate plan (in this section referred to as the “corporate plan”) to be submitted to the Minister for approval, with or without amendment, for each ensuing 5-year period.
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(2) A corporate plan shall—
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(a) include the objectives, outputs and related strategies for research and innovation of the Agency,
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(b) except in the case of the first corporate plan, include a review and evaluation of the work of the Agency in the performance of its functions in the previous 5 years,
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(c) be prepared in a form and manner in accordance with any directions given from time to time by the Minister,
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(d) be prepared and submitted to the Minister—
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(i) in respect of the first corporate plan, not later than 6 months after the establishment day, and
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(ii) in respect of each subsequent corporate plan, not later than 3 months before the expiration of the previous corporate plan,
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and
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(e) accord with the guidelines, policies and objectives of the Minister and the Government as they relate to the functions of the Agency.
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(3) In preparing the corporate plan, the Agency—
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(a) shall consult with—
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(i) the Minister,
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(ii) An t dar s,
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(iii) Enterprise Ireland, and
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(iv) the Industrial Development Agency (Ireland),
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and
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(b) may consult with such other persons or bodies as it considers appropriate.
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(4) Within 30 days of receiving a proposed corporate plan, the Minister shall—
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(a) approve the proposed plan,
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(b) give directions regarding amendments to the proposed plan, or
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(c) refuse to approve the proposed plan where it is not amended in accordance with any directions that may be given by the Minister to the Agency.
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(5) An approved corporate plan may be amended by—
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(a) the Minister at any time, or
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(b) the Agency, where—
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(i) the Agency submits the proposed amendment to the Minister for approval, and
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(ii) the amendment is approved by the Minister.
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(6) Nothing in a corporate plan shall limit the Agency in the performance of its functions.
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(7) As soon as practicable after approving the corporate plan, the Minister shall cause a copy of the corporate plan to be laid before each House of the Oireachtas.
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(8) The Agency shall ensure that, as soon as practicable after copies of an approved corporate plan are laid before the Houses of the Oireachtas, the plan is published in such manner as the Minister may specify.
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