Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Tuesday, 23 February 2021
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
Pre-legislative Scrutiny of the General Scheme of the Competition (Amendment) Bill 2021 (Resumed): Discussion
Mr. Garrett Blaney:
Similarly, we have several new functions. Obviously, the Bill relates to one such function, but there are many other functions that ComReg has taken on. We have requested extra staff and, similar to the CCPC, our extra ask was granted. In terms of funding, we are a self-funding agency. We are funded from a levy on industry and there is also funding from the sale of spectrum. Both of those sources set funding for us, so we do not have a call on the Exchequer. However, similar to the CCPC, we have been successful in securing extra resources.
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