(1) Subject to subsection (2), the chairperson of the Commission or a member of the Commission shall, at the request in writing of a Committee, attend before it to give account for the general administration of the Commission.

(2) The chairperson of the Commission or a member of the Commission shall not be required to give account before a Committee in relation to -

(a) any matter which is or has been, or which the Commission has reason to think may in the future be, the subject of proceedings before an adjudication officer or before a court or tribunal in the State,

(b) any matter specified in paragraphs (a) to (d) of section 10(7),

(c) a determination in relation to a merger or acquisition under section 21(2) of the Act of 2002, or

(d) the powers and functions of adjudication officers.