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Version date: 1 March 2013 - onwards
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19. Appearance before other committees of Houses of Oireachtas.

(1) The Director shall, at the request in writing of a Committee, attend before it to give account for the general administration of the Insolvency Service as is required by the Committee and, for that purpose, shall provide the Committee with such information (including documents) as it specifies and as is in the possession of, or is available to, the Director.

(2) The Director is not required to give an account before a Committee of any matter that is or has been or may at a future time be the subject of -

(a) a decision or determination by the Insolvency Service in respect of a particular person, or

(b) proceedings before a court or tribunal in the State.

(3) The Director shall, if of the opinion that subsection (2) applies to a matter about which he or she is requested to give an account before a Committee, inform the Committee of that opinion and the reasons for the opinion.

(4) The information required under subsection (3) to be given to the Committee shall be given in writing unless it is given when the Director is before the Committee.