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Strategy statement and work programme of Agency.
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20.— (1) As soon as practicable after the establishment day, and thereafter at least 3 months before each third anniversary of the establishment day, the Agency shall prepare and submit to the Minister a strategy statement for the following 3 year period.
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(2) A strategy statement shall—
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(a) specify the key objectives, outputs and related strategies (including the use of resources) of the Agency,
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(b) have regard to the need to ensure the most beneficial, effective and efficient use of the Agency’s resources,
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(c) except for the first strategy statement, include a review of the outcomes and effectiveness of the preceding strategy statement,
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(d) specify the manner in which the Agency proposes to assess its performance in respect of the objectives referred to in paragraph (a), taking account of relevant performance indicators (financial and non-financial),
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(e) be prepared in the form and manner that the Minister may from time to time direct, and
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(f) include any other matters that the Minister may from time to time direct.
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(3) When preparing the strategy statement, the Agency may consult such persons as it considers appropriate.
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(4) As soon as practicable after a strategy statement has been submitted to the Minister under subsection (1), the Minister shall cause a copy of the strategy statement to be laid before each House of the Oireachtas and the strategy statement shall be published in the form and manner that the Agency considers appropriate.
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(5) The Agency shall prepare and submit to the Minister, at least 2 months before the commencement of each financial year, a work programme relating to the discharge of its functions, including—
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(a) having regard to the strategy statement, the objectives of the Agency for that year and its strategy for achieving those objectives,
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(b) the priorities of the Agency for that year, having regard to those objectives and its available resources, and
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(c) any other matters that the Minister may from time to time specify when issuing directions or guidelines under subsection (6).
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(6) The Minister may, from time to time, issue directions or guidelines to the Agency concerning the preparation of the work programme and the Agency shall comply with those directions and prepare the work programme in accordance with those guidelines.
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