Agricultural Credit Act, 1947

Furnishing of accounts and information.

19.—(1) The Corporation shall, within ninety days after the end of each accounting year, furnish to the Minister such accounts (including a balance sheet and a profit and loss account) as the Minister may from time to time direct for that accounting year duly audited by the auditor of the Corporation, together with a report of the operations of the Corporation during that accounting year, and the said accounts and report shall be drawn up in such form and contain such particulars as the Minister may from time to time direct.

(2) A copy of each account and report furnished to the Minister pursuant to subsection (1) of this section shall as soon as may be thereafter be laid by him before each House of the Oireachtas.

(3) (a) The Minister may from time to time request the Corporation to furnish to him such information, in relation to the business of the Corporation, as he thinks proper and specifies in the request, and the Corporation shall comply with, every such request.

(b) The Corporation shall not under paragraph (a) of this subsection furnish or be required to furnish any information which would disclose the affairs of any particular borrower or applicant for a loan.