Schedule 3, Part 1 Amendment to Combat Poverty Agency Act 1986

New section

Insert the following section after section 12:

"12A. Accountability before Committee of Public Accounts.

(1) The Director shall, whenever he is required 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 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 Agency or the Director is required to prepare under this Act,

(b) the economy and efficiency of the Agency in the use of its resources,

(c) the systems, procedures and practices employed by the Agency for the purpose of evaluating the effectiveness of its operations, and

(d) any matter affecting the Agency referre