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Publication and implementation of statement of strategy.
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19.— (1) The Minister shall ensure that a copy of a statement of strategy or an amended statement of strategy is laid before each House of the Oireachtas within 21 days after the statement is received by the Minister.
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(2) The Board shall ensure that, as soon as is practicable after copies of a statement of strategy or of an amended statement of strategy are laid before the Houses of the Oireachtas, the statement is published in the prescribed manner.
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(3) The Board shall submit progress reports to the Minister on the implementation of a statement of strategy or an amended statement of strategy, as the case requires—
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(a) in its annual report, and
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(b) in such other manner and at such intervals as the Minister may direct.
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(4) During the specified period, the Freedom of Information Acts 1997 and 2003 shall not apply to a record containing—
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(a) a statement of strategy, or an amendment to a statement of strategy, that has not been adopted by the Board, or
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(b) a preliminary or other draft of all or part of the contents of a statement of strategy or of an amendment to a statement of strategy.
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(5) In subsection (4), “specified period”, in relation to a record, means a period of 5 years commencing on the date of creation of the record.
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