30. (1) The Authority shall, as soon as practicable after the establishment day and thereafter within the period of 6 months before each third anniversary of the establishment day, prepare and submit to the Minister, a strategy statement for the 3 year period immediately following the year in which the statement is submitted.

(2) The Minister may issue a direction in writing to the Authority in relation to the form and manner in which a strategy statement shall be prepared under subsection (1) and the Authority shall comply with the direction.

(3) The Minister shall, as soon as is practicable after a strategy statement has been submitted to him or her under subsection (1), cause a copy of the statement to be laid before each House of the Oireachtas.

(4) In this section, “strategy statement” means a statement of the key objectives, outputs and related strategies, including the use of its resources, of the Authority.