Committees of the Houses of the Oireachtas (Compellability, Privileges and Immunities of Witnesses) Act, 1997
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Provisions supplementary to section 3 . |
9.—(1) (a) Where a direction under paragraph (a) or (c) of section 3 (1) is given to a person in his or her capacity as an employee, or as a representative of a body, the committee concerned, shall, not less than 10 days before the day specified in the direction, notify the employer concerned or the body of the direction and of the matter to which the evidence or document concerned would relate or relates and the employer or another employee of the employer, authorised in that behalf by the employer, or, as the case may be, another representative, or an employee, of the body, authorised in that behalf by the body, may, if the committee so decides— | |
(i) appear before, and make submissions (including submissions in writing) to, the committee relevant to its proceedings, and | ||
(ii) give evidence, and produce documents, to it, relevant to such proceedings. | ||
(b) In paragraph (a) “employee” includes a civil servant and “employer”, in relation to a civil servant, means the civil servant who is the principal officer of the Department of State or other branch or office of the public service in which the first-mentioned civil servant is employed. | ||
(2) A direction to a person (not being an individual) under section 3 (1) (c) shall be addressed— | ||
(a) in the case of a Department of State or other branch or office of the public service, to the civil servant who is the principal officer of the Department of State, branch or office, and | ||
(b) in any other case, to the chief officer of the body concerned, | ||
and the day on or before which the document concerned is required to be sent to the committee shall be specified in the direction and shall be not less than 10 days after the date of the direction. |