National Economic and Social Development Office Act 2006

Appearance of chief officer and directors before Committee of Public Accounts and other Oireachtas Committees.

32.— (1) Whenever required to do so by 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—

(a) the Chief Officer shall give evidence to that Committee on the expenditure of the Office, and

(b) the Director of a body shall give evidence to that Committee on the expenditure of the body of which he or she is the Director.

(2) From time to time, and whenever requested—

(a) the Chief Officer shall account for the performance of the functions of the Office, and

(b) the Director of a body shall account for the performance of the functions of the body of which he or she is the Director,

to a Committee of one or both Houses of the Oireachtas and shall have regard to any recommendations of such Committee relevant to those functions.