59.— (1) The Chairperson and the Chief Executive Officer of NAMA shall, if requested to do so by a Committee (or a subcommittee of such a Committee) appointed by either House of the Oireachtas or jointly by both Houses of the Oireachtas (other than the Committee on Members’ Interests of Dáil Éireann or the Committee on Members’ Interests of Seanad Éireann) to examine matters relating to NAMA—

(a) attend before that Committee, and

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

(2) 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.