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