58.— (1) The Chairperson, and the Chief Executive Officer, shall, whenever required by the Committee of Dáil Éireann established under the Standing Orders of Dáil Éireann to examine and report to Dáil Éireann on the accounts and reports of the Comptroller and Auditor General, give evidence to that Committee on—

(a) the regularity and propriety of the transactions recorded or required to be recorded in any book or other record or account subject to audit by the Comptroller and Auditor General that NAMA or a NAMA group entity is required by or under an enactment to prepare,

(b) the economy and efficiency of NAMA and each NAMA group entity in its use of the resources made available to it under this Act,

(c) the systems, procedures and practices employed by NAMA and each NAMA group entity for evaluating the effectiveness of its operations, and

(d) any matter affecting NAMA or any NAMA group entity referred to in—

(i) any special report of the Comptroller and Auditor General under section 11(2) of the Comptroller and Auditor General (Amendment) Act 1993, or

(ii) any other report of the Comptroller and Auditor General (in so far as it relates to a matter specified in any of paragraphs (a) to (c)) that is laid before Dáil Éireann.

(2) In appearing before a Committee referred to in subsection (1), the Chief Executive Officer appears as an accountable person and not as an accounting officer.

(3) The Chairperson and the Chief Executive Officer, in giving evidence under subsection (1), shall not question or express an opinion on the merits of any policy of the Government or a Minister of the Government or on the merits of the objectives of such a policy.