18F. —(1) The Advisory Committee shall, not later than 30 June of each year, provide a progress report to the Minister and to the Commissioner with regard to its work during the preceding year or, in the case of its first progress report, its work from the establishment day up to and including 31 December of the following year.

(2) Notwithstanding subsection (1), the Advisory Committee may, from time to time, furnish to the Minister such information about the performance of its functions as it considers appropriate and shall furnish to the Minister any information about the performance of its functions requested by the Minister.

(3) The Commissioner shall, within 6 months of receiving the report referred to in subsection (1), prepare and submit to the Minister a commentary on the report.

(4) The Minister shall, within 3 months of receiving the commentary referred to in subsection (3), submit the commentary and the report referred to in subsection (1) to the Government and, as soon as may be thereafter—

(a) cause copies of the report and commentary to be laid before each House of the Oireachtas, and

(b) publish copies of the report and commentary on the website of the Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht.