Gladys Berejiklian has said she is pleased to be giving evidence at a NSW Independent Commission Against Corruption investigation into disgraced former Liberal MP Daryl Maguire.

An Icac witness list issued on Thursday revealed the premier had been summonsed and is the only person scheduled to appear on Monday, when the anti-corruption bodys hearing enters its fourth week.

Im pleased to be assisting with those inquiries, she told reporters. And it wouldnt be appropriate for me to elaborate.

Maguire was forced to quit the Berejiklian government in 2018 after a separate Icac inquiry heard evidence he sought payments to help broker deals for property developers.

The current inquiry has heard evidence Maguire sought payments to help broker deals for Chinese property developers.

It is investigating whether Maguire breached the public trust by using his public office and parliamentary resources to improperly gain a benefit for himself or for G8way International, a company he effectively controlled.

The premier was dragged into the saga this week when the commission heard Maguire gave a western Sydney landowner, Louise Waterhouse, Berejiklians email address to help her lobby for rezoning changes that would benefit her parcel of land.

In a recorded phone call aired at the commission, Maguire passed on the email address and suggested the premier would be able to provide a tickle from up top.

Waterhouse told the inquiry Berejiklian never responded to her email, and no zoning changes were made to her property.

Berejiklians former chief of staff Sarah Cruickshank is scheduled to give evidence at the inquiry on Friday.

Maguire will also give evidence from next Tuesday to Thursday.

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