Automatic Enrolment Retirement Savings System Act 2024
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Chapter 4 Funding, reporting and accountability | ||
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Appearance before Public Accounts Committee | ||
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33. (1) The chief executive shall, whenever required in writing 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 accounts and reports of the Comptroller and Auditor General (in this section referred to as the “Committee”), give evidence to the Committee in relation to— | ||
(a) the regularity and propriety of the transactions recorded or required to be recorded in any book or other record of account subject to audit by the Comptroller and Auditor General that the Authority is required by or under this Act or any other enactment to prepare, | ||
(b) the economy and efficiency of the Authority in the use of its resources, | ||
(c) the systems, procedures and practices employed by the Authority for the purpose of evaluating the effectiveness of its operations, and | ||
(d) any matter affecting the Authority 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, in so far as it relates to a matter specified in paragraph (a), (b) or (c), that is laid before Dáil Éireann. | ||
(2) In the performance of his or her duties under this section, the chief executive shall not question or express an opinion on the merits of— | ||
(a) any policy of the Government or of a Minister of the Government, or | ||
(b) the objectives of such a policy. | ||
(3) When appearing before the Committee, the chief executive shall appear as an accountable person and not as an accounting officer. | ||
(4) Any evidence given under subsection (1) shall, subject to preserving confidentiality in relation to such commercially sensitive information as determined by the Authority, relate to the policies of the Authority. |