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Annual statements.  
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53.— (1)  NAMA shall—  
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(a) for the financial year 2010, before 1 July 2010, and  
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(b) for each subsequent financial year 3 months before the commencement of it,  
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prepare a statement that complies with subsection  (3), and submit the statement to the Minister.  
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(2) The Minister shall cause copies of each statement to be laid before each House of the Oireachtas not later than—  
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(a) in the case of 2010, 30 November 2010, and  
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(b) in the case of a statement for any other financial year, one month after the beginning of the subsequent financial year.  
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(3) A statement submitted to the Minister under subsection  (1) shall specify—  
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(a) the proposed objectives of NAMA’s activities and those of each NAMA group entity for the financial year concerned,  
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(b) the proposed nature and scope of the activities to be undertaken,  
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(c) the proposed strategies and policies for achieving those objectives, and  
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(d) the uses to which it is proposed to apply NAMA’s resources and those of each NAMA group entity.  
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(4) The Minister may omit from a copy of a statement laid before the Oireachtas under subsection  (2) any matter that would disclose confidential information. If the Minister omits such matter from such a copy, he or she shall insert in its place a statement that matter has been omitted and a general description of the omitted matter.  
 
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