56.— (1) The Minister may require NAMA to report to him or her, at any time and in any format that the Minister directs, on any matter, including—

(a) the performance of its functions under this Act, and

(b) any information or statistics relating to the performance of its functions.

(2) NAMA shall comply with a requirement of the Minister under subsection (1).

(3) The content of a report provided to the Minister under this section may be taken to be confidential information.

(4) A reference in subsection (1) to the performance of the functions of NAMA includes the performance of those functions by a NAMA group entity.