Data Protection Act, 1988 23 of 50 Annual report. https://www.irishstatutebook.ie/eli/1988/act/25/enacted/en/print.html?printonload=true 14.—(1) The Commissioner shall in each year after the year in which the first Commissioner is appointed prepare a report in relation to his activities under this Act in the preceding year and cause copies of the report to be laid before each House of the Oireachtas. (2) Notwithstanding subsection (1) of this section, if, but for this subsection, the first report under that subsection would relate to a period of less than 6 months, the report shall relate to that period and to the year immediately following that period and shall be prepared as soon as may be after the end of that year. Mutual assistance between parties to Convention. 15.—(1) The Commissioner is hereby designated for the purposes of Chapter IV (which relates to mutual assistance) of the Convention. (2) The Minister may make any regulations that he considers necessary or expedient for the purpose of enabling the said Chapter IV to have full effect. Registration The register. 16.—(1) This section applies to the following persons, that is to say: (a) data controllers, being public authorities and other bodies and persons referred to in the Third Schedule to this Act, (b) data controllers, being financial institutions, persons holding authorisations under the European Communities (Non-Life) Insurance Regulations, 1976 (S.I. No. 115 of 1976), or the European Communities (Life Assurance) Regulations, 1984 (S.I. No. 57 of 1984), or persons whose business consists wholly or mainly in direct marketing, providing credit references or collecting debts, (c) any other data controllers who keep personal data relating to— (i) racial origin, (ii) political opinions or religious or other beliefs, (iii) physical or mental health (other than any such data reasonably kept by them in relation to the physical or mental health of their employees in the ordinary course of personnel administration and not used or disclosed for any other purpose), 21.02.23, 18:36