The Consumer Information Act, 1978, is hereby amended by the substitution for paragraph (a) of section 9(12) of the following paragraph:
"(a) The Director shall, not more than 3 months after the end of each year, present a report to the Minister of the Director's activities in that year in relation to the performance of the Director's functions and the Minister shall cause a copy of the report to be laid before each House of the Oireachtas within 2 months of receipt of it.".