15. (1) An tÚdará shall have a Board (in this Act referred to as the “Board”) established under this Act to perform the functions of An tÚdará.

(2) Schedule 2 shall apply to the Board.

(3) The Board shall—

(a) oversee the preparation and adoption of the corporate plan of An tÚdará under section 20 and the annual plan of An tÚdará under section 21 and their submission to the Minister,

(b) satisfy itself that appropriate systems, procedures and practices are in place—

(i) to achieve the objects of An tÚdará,

(ii) for the internal performance management and accountability of An tÚdará in respect of—

(I) the performance of its functions,

(II) the achievement of the objectives in the corporate plan under section 20, and

(III) the achievement of the performance targets in the annual plan under section 21,

and

(iii) in order to enable compliance with the policies (whether contained in guidelines, codes or other documents, or any combination of them) of the Government or a Minister of the Government to the extent that those policies may affect or relate to the functions of An tÚdará,

and

(c) establish and implement arrangements for the management of the performance of the Chief Executive Officer.

(4) The Board is accountable to the Minister for the performance of its functions under subsections (1) and (3).

(5) The Board may delegate in writing to the Chief Executive Officer any of the functions of An tÚdará or the Board other than the functions referred to in subsection (3).

(6) If a function of An tÚdará or the Board is delegated to the Chief Executive Officer under subsection (5), the delegation remains in force until the Board revokes the delegation by notice in writing given to that Officer.

(7) The Board shall notify the Minister in writing of any delegation made under subsection (5) and of any revocation of such delegation under subsection (6).