80. The Act of 1993 is amended by the insertion of the following section after section 71:

“71A. (1) The Chief Executive or a relevant 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 appropriation accounts and reports of the Comptroller and Auditor General, attend before and 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 of account subject to audit by the Comptroller and Auditor General which the company is required by or under this Act or any other enactment to prepare,

(b) the economy and efficiency of the company in the use of its resources,

(c) the systems, procedures and practices employed by the company for the purpose of evaluating the effectiveness of its operations, and

(d) any matter affecting the company referred to in a special report of the Comptroller and Auditor General under section 11(2) of the Comptroller and Auditor General (Amendment) Act 1993, or in any other report of the Comptroller and Auditor General (in so far as it relates to a matter specified in paragraph (a), (b) or (c)) that is laid before Dáil Éireann.

(2) From time to time, and whenever so requested, the Chief Executive or a relevant officer shall account for the performance of the company’s functions to a Committee of one or both Houses of the Oireachtas and the company shall have regard to any recommendations of such Committee relevant to its functions.

(3) (a) Paragraph (b) applies where the Chief Executive or a relevant officer is requested by a Committee of the Oireachtas to—

(i) attend before that Committee, and

(ii) provide that Committee with information relating to the company’s functions.

(b) The Chief Executive or relevant officer, as appropriate, shall—

(i) appear before the Committee, and

(ii) provide the Committee with such information relating to the aviation safety performance statement referred to in section 32A as the Committee requires.

(4) In this section, ‘relevant officer’ means an officer of the company nominated by the company for the purposes of one or more of subsections (1) to (3).”.