National Asset Management Agency Act 2009

NTMA to provide staff to NAMA.

42.— (1) The NTMA shall assign so many of its staff to NAMA as the Board determines, upon the recommendation of the Chief Executive Officer of NAMA, after consultation with the Chief Executive of the NTMA, to be necessary for the performance by NAMA of its functions under this Act.

(2) Before employing or otherwise engaging a person to be assigned to NAMA under subsection (1), the NTMA shall ascertain to its satisfaction that the person—

(a) is of good character and has not been convicted of any offence likely to render him or her unfit or unsuitable to perform the duties that the person is required to undertake or is likely to be required to undertake,

(b) has not been disqualified or restricted from acting as a director under the Companies Acts, and

(c) has no material conflict of interest, whether actual or potential.

(3) Before the NTMA assigns a member of its staff to NAMA under subsection (1), the NTMA shall ensure that he or she provides a statement of his or her interests, assets and liabilities to the Chief Executive Officer of NAMA and the Chief Executive of the NTMA in a form that the NTMA specifies.

(4) NAMA shall reimburse the NTMA for the costs incurred by the NTMA in consequence of its assigning staff to NAMA under this section.