29.—(1) As soon as may be after the end of the accounting year of the Authority in which F17[the day of the establishment of HRI] falls and of each subsequent accounting year of the Authority, the Authority shall present a report to the Minister of its activities in that year and the Minister shall cause a copy of the report to be laid before each House of the Oireachtas.

(2) The Authority (or any subsidiary of the Authority) shall, whenever so requested by the Minister, furnish to him information in relation to such matters as he may specify concerning or relating to the scope of its activities, or its strategy, generally or in respect of any account prepared by the Authority or any report specified in subsection (1) or the policy and activities, other than day to day activities, of the Authority.