25. (1) The Commission shall prepare an annual report relating to the operation of this Act and shall cause a copy of it to be laid before each House of the Oireachtas no later than 30 June in the year following that to which it relates.

(2) A report under subsection (1) shall (in particular) include, in a form which does not enable the identification of the persons involved, information relating to—

(a) any determinations under section 14 made or in force in that year,

(b) any investigations under section 19 concluded in that year,

(c) any applications for consent under section 22, and all decisions on such applications, made in that year,

(d) any convictions for offences under section 20 F29[in that year,]

(e) any fixed payment notices served under section 21 F29[in that year,]

F30[(f) any decisions made, or sanctions imposed, by the Commission under section 22A in that year,

(g) any appeals taken under section 22D in that year, and

(h) any applications for confirmation of a decision to impose a major sanction made under section 22E in that year.]

F30[(3) Any information referred to in paragraph (f), (g) or (h) of subsection (2) shall not be included in the report referred to in subsection (1)—

(a) in a case where a decision has been made to impose a major sanction—

(i) where an appeal has been brought, until the decision the subject of the appeal is confirmed by the Court under section 22D, or

(ii) where no appeal has been brought, until the decision is confirmed by the Court under section 22E,

and

(b) in a case where a decision has been made to impose a minor sanction—

(i) where an appeal has been brought, until the decision the subject of the appeal is confirmed by the Court under section 22D, or

(ii) where the period for bringing an appeal has expired and no appeal has been brought, until the expiry of that period.]