Houses of the Oireachtas (Inquiries, Privileges and Procedures) Act 2013

Finding of failure to co-operate with Part 2 inquiry.

14.— The committee conducting a Part 2 inquiry may make a finding of fact that a named person (including any officeholder) has failed to fully co-operate with the inquiry by—

(a) failing to attend the inquiry as a witness when required under this Act to do so by the committee,

(b) attending the inquiry as a witness but refusing to answer a question (not being a question that the witness is entitled by law to refuse to answer) put to him or her by the committee,

(c) failing to give to the inquiry a document within his or her possession or control (not being a document that the person is entitled by law to withhold from the inquiry) when required under this Act to do so by the committee,

(d) giving evidence or a document to the inquiry that is false or misleading in a material particular,

(e) destroying, or attempting to destroy, evidence,

(f) influencing, or attempting to influence, witnesses,

(g) interfering with, or attempting to interfere with, witnesses, or

(h) otherwise obstructing or interfering with the inquiry in an unlawful manner.