Agricultural and Food Supply Chain Act 2023

Chapter 6

Attendance before committees

Attendance before Public Accounts Committee

35. (1) The chief executive shall comply with any requirement of the Public Accounts Committee to give evidence to it about—

(a) the regularity of the regulator’s accounts,

(b) the economy of the regulator in the use of its resources,

(c) systems, procedures and practices used by the regulator to evaluate its effectiveness, or

(d) any matter affecting the regulator referred to in a special report of the Comptroller and Auditor General under section 11 (2) of the Comptroller and Auditor General (Amendment) Act 1993 or in any other report of the Comptroller and Auditor General (insofar as it relates to a matter specified in paragraph (a), (b) or (c)) that is laid before Dáil Éireann.

(2) In this section and section 36 , “Public Accounts Committee” means the committee of Dáil Éireann established under the Standing Orders of Dáil Éireann to examine and report to Dáil Éireann on the appropriation accounts and reports of the Comptroller and Auditor General.