(1) The Agency shall -

(a) authorise payments from each relevant Fund to the Exchequer, and such other payments from each relevant Fund as may be required for the management of the relevant Fund concerned,

(b) accept payments made into, or assets transferred to, each relevant Fund pursuant to this Act, and

(c) accept payments made into, or assets transferred to, the FI Fund from the Ireland Strategic Investment Fund pursuant to section 47 of the Act of 2014.

(2) The Agency may -

(a) hold the assets of each relevant Fund in any such manner as it considers appropriate (including in bank accounts, in the currency of the State or in another currency, for each relevant Fund opened and maintained by it),

(b) invest the assets of each relevant Fund, in accordance with the investment policy under section 6 or 15, as the case may be, and the investment strategy under section 7 or 16, as the case may be, applicable to the relevant Fund concerned, in such manner as it considers appropriate (whether directly or through investment managers), including by doing any of the following:

(i) borrowing or lending securities (including equity and debt instruments);

(ii) entering into contracts or other commitments of any description;