Competition Act, 2002
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Functions and accountability of chairperson. |
38.—(1) The chairperson of the Authority shall manage and control generally the staff, administration and business of the Authority. | |
(2) The chairperson of the Authority shall, whenever required 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, give evidence to that committee on— | ||
(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 which the chairperson or the Authority is required by or under statute 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. | ||
(3) In the performance of duties under subsection (2), the chairperson of the Authority shall not question or express an opinion on the merits of any policy of the Government or a Minister of the Government or on the merits of the objectives of such a policy. | ||
(4) The chairperson of the Authority shall, whenever required to do so by— | ||
(a) a committee appointed by either House of the Oireachtas, the business of which committee includes examination of policy relating to competition, or | ||
(b) a committee appointed jointly by both Houses of the Oireachtas, the business of which committee includes examination of such policy, | ||
attend before such committee to discuss the general activities of the Authority. |