331.—(1) The External Oversight Body, with the consent of the Minister and the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform, may—

(a) engage such consultants or advisers as the External Oversight Body considers necessary to assist in the performance of its functions, and

(b) enter into a contract with any person or body concerning any matter arising in relation to its functions.

(2) There shall be paid out of the resources at the disposal of the External Oversight Body, to consultants, advisers, persons or bodies referred to in subsection (1), such fees (if any) or allowances for expenses (if any) incurred by the consultant, adviser, person or body, as the case may be, as the External Oversight Body, with the consent of the Minister and the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform, may determine.

(3) The engagement of a consultant or adviser under paragraph (a) of subsection (1) and a contract under paragraph (b) of that subsection shall be for such period and on such terms and conditions as the External Oversight Body may determine.]