Planning and Development Act 2024

Provision of services and resources by Minister to Commission or by Commission to Minister

530. (1) For the purposes of enabling the Commission to perform its functions, the Minister may provide services (including services of staff on secondment) to the Commission on such terms and conditions (including payment for such services) as may be agreed by the Minister and the Commission, after consultation with the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform, and the Commission may avail of such services.

(2) The Commission may provide services (including services of staff) to the Minister on such terms and conditions (including payment for such services) as may be agreed by the Minister and the Commission, after consultation with the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform, and the Minister may avail of such services.

(3) Without prejudice to subsection (1), the Minister may make available or cause to be made available to the Commission, on a request being made by the chief executive officer, premises, equipment, services and other resources for the purpose of the performance by the Commission of its functions, as the Commission considers appropriate from time to time in consultation with the Minister and the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform.

(4) Without prejudice to subsection (3), the Minister may, subject to the agreement of the relevant chief executive (by whatever name called) of any public body under the Minister’s aegis, including any local authority, provide for the provision of services to the Commission by the public body under that subsection.

(5) The repeal of section 122 of the Act of 2000 by section 6 shall not affect any arrangement for the provision of a service under that section made before that repeal.