Automatic Enrolment Retirement Savings System Act 2024 section 33

Appearance before Public Accounts Committee

Section 33 provides for the accountability of the chief executive of the Authority to the Dáil Public Accounts Committee.

• The chief executive must, when required in writing, give evidence to the Public Accounts Committee on the regularity and propriety of the Authority's audited accounts, its efficiency in using resources, and its systems for evaluating operational effectiveness.
• The chief executive must also give evidence on any matter affecting the Authority that is referred to in a special or other report of the Comptroller and Auditor General laid before Dáil Éireann, provided it relates to accounts, efficiency, or evaluation systems.
• When appearing before the Committee, the chief executive may not question or express an opinion on the merits of any Government or ministerial policy, or the objectives of such a policy.
• The chief executive appears before the Committee as an accountable person (not as an accounting officer), and any evidence given must respect the confidentiality of commercially sensitive information as determined by the Authority.