33AM.—(1) This section applies to the following persons:

F345[ (a) the Governor;

(b) the Head of Central Banking;

(c) the Head of Financial Regulation;]

(e) the Registrar of Credit Unions.

(2) A person to whom this section applies shall—

(a) if requested to do so, attend before the Joint Committee of the Oireachtas that is responsible for examining matters relating to the Bank, and

(b) provide that Committee with such information as it requires.

(3) Subsection (2) has effect subject to—

(a) the Rome Treaty and the ESCB Statute, and

(b) any restrictions that are imposed on a person to whom this section applies by or under the Central Bank Acts, or any other enactment, in relation to appearing before the Joint Committee referred to in subsection (2)(a).]