Report & Financial Statements for the Year ended 31st December ...
Report & Financial Statements for the Year ended 31st December ...
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LEGAL FRAMEWORK<br />
Legal Framework<br />
The National Treasury Management Agency Act 1990 provided <strong>for</strong> <strong>the</strong> establishment of <strong>the</strong> National Treasury<br />
Management Agency (NTMA) “to borrow moneys <strong>for</strong> <strong>the</strong> Exchequer and to manage <strong>the</strong> National Debt on behalf<br />
of and subject to <strong>the</strong> control and general superintendence of <strong>the</strong> Minister <strong>for</strong> Finance and to per<strong>for</strong>m certain<br />
related functions and to provide <strong>for</strong> connected matters”. Obligations or liabilities undertaken by <strong>the</strong> NTMA in <strong>the</strong><br />
per<strong>for</strong>mance of its functions have <strong>the</strong> same <strong>for</strong>ce and effect as if undertaken by <strong>the</strong> Minister.<br />
The Chief Executive, who is appointed by <strong>the</strong> Minister <strong>for</strong> Finance, is directly responsible to him and is <strong>the</strong> Accounting<br />
Officer <strong>for</strong> <strong>the</strong> purposes of <strong>the</strong> Dáil Public Accounts Committee. The NTMA has an Advisory Committee to assist and<br />
advise on such matters as are referred to it by <strong>the</strong> NTMA.<br />
Additional functions were given to <strong>the</strong> NTMA under <strong>the</strong> following statutes:<br />
• Securitisation (Proceeds of Certain Mortgages) Act 1995;<br />
• National Pensions Reserve Fund Act 2000;<br />
• National Treasury Management Agency (Amendment) Act 2000;<br />
• Asset Covered Securities Act 2001;<br />
• Dormant Accounts Act 2001;<br />
• National Development Finance Agency Act 2002;<br />
• Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2002;<br />
• Planning and Development (Amendment) Act 2002;<br />
• Unclaimed Life Assurance Policies Act 2003, and<br />
• various Finance Acts.<br />
<strong>Report</strong> and Accounts <strong>for</strong> <strong>the</strong> year <strong>ended</strong> 31 <strong>December</strong> 2004<br />
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