Garda Síochána Act 2005
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Annual policing plan. |
22.— (1) The Garda Commissioner shall each year prepare a policing plan setting out the proposed arrangements for the policing of the State for the following year, including any proposal to— | |
(a) establish or dissolve a national unit of the Garda Síochána, | ||
(b) alter the boundaries of a regional geographical area under the control of an Assistant Garda Commissioner or of a divisional geographical area under the control of a chief superintendent, | ||
(c) establish or relocate a divisional headquarters under the control of a chief superintendent or of a district headquarters under the control of a superintendent, or | ||
(d) open a Garda Síochána station in a new location or cease stationing members in an existing station. | ||
(2) In preparing a policing plan, the Garda Commissioner shall have regard to the following: | ||
(a) the priorities determined and performance targets established under section 20 ; | ||
(b) the strategy statement in operation under section 21 during the year to which the plan relates; | ||
(c) relevant directives issued under section 25 ; | ||
(d) the resources expected to be available to the Garda Síochána for that year and the proposed allocation of those resources; | ||
(e) relevant Government policy. | ||
(3) In preparing the policing plan, the Garda Commissioner may have regard to the most recent report of each joint policing committee. | ||
(4) Before the month of November in each year, the Garda Commissioner shall submit to the Minister for approval a draft of the policing plan for the following year. | ||
(5) The Minister shall approve the policing plan— | ||
(a) in the form of the draft submitted, or | ||
(b) with such amendments as the Minister, after consulting with the Garda Commissioner, may determine. | ||
(6) As soon as practicable after approving the policing plan, the Minister shall cause a copy of it to be laid before each House of the Oireachtas. |