(1) Before the end of each financial year of the Commission, the Commission shall -

(a) prepare an action plan setting out the principal activities that it proposes to undertake during the ensuing financial year, and

(b) present the plan to the Minister and arrange for a copy of the plan to be laid before each House of the Oireachtas.

(2) The action plan shall segregate the relevant activities according to the Commission’s functions relating to -

(a) regulating electronic communications, and

(b) managing the radio frequency spectrum, and

(c) regulating postal services, and

(d) regulating premium rate services.

(3) In preparing the action plan, the Commission shall have regard to its current strategy statement.

(4) As soon as practicable after preparing an action plan, the Commission shall publish it in a form and manner that will enable members of the public to have access to it.