Sections 11 and 12 are important provisions, enabling the Minister to confer additional functions on the agency and issue policy directions to it. Sections 13 and 14 provide for the agency operating as a commercial entity by allowing it to form subsidiaries, make investments and enter into joint ventures for the purposes of fulfilling any of its functions. However, any such arrangements may only be entered into with the consent of the Minister and the Minister for Finance. The agency may also, with the consent of the Minister, make charges for the provision by it of services.