Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 27 March 2018

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment

Commission for Regulation of Utilities: Discussion

3:00 pm

Dr. Paul McGowan:

I will not respond directly to what Deputy Dooley has said, but in terms of our role in regard to this, the CRU issues a number of key publications throughout the year, which capture the key issues, trends and challenges that we face as a regulator. They are the sort of documents that could be issued to the committee in advance to allow time to absorb the key messages, or key issues. Then, we can have a more fruitful, structured engagement with the committee and be held to account for our actions, either what we have done or what we propose to do. We would welcome that as a regulatory authority.

The CRU is very conscious that we talk a different language. We acknowledge that. We are all prone to fall into jargon. We are looking at developing our communications strategy this year. One of the things at which we are looking very closely is using non-technical language to try to ensure people know who we are and what we do. That is also to assist the political process. We look to our communications, the way we communicate and the nature of the language we use in our reports to try to ensure that what we say is as accessible as possible to allow for fruitful engagement. That is all I want to say. One of my colleagues might want to add something.

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