(1) The chairperson shall, on or before 31 March in each year after the year in which this section comes into operation -
(a) prepare a report in relation to the performance of the functions of the Commissioners in the preceding year, and
(b) submit the report to the Minister.
(2) The Minister shall cause copies of the report referred to in subsection (1) to be laid before each House of the Oireachtas, and, as soon as practicable after that is done, the chairperson shall publish the report on the internet.
(3) The reference in subsection (1)(a) to the preceding year shall, in the case of the first report to be prepared under this section, be read as a reference to the period commencing on the establishment day and ending on 31 December 2015.
(4) Where the inclusion of the following information is required -
(a) by the Minister, which requirement the Minister (by virtue of this paragraph) has power to make, or
(b) by virtue of any enactment apart from this subsection,
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