Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 17 January 2013

Public Accounts Committee

Commission for Aviation Regulation - Financial Statement 2011
Commission for Communications Regulation - Financial Statement 2011
Commission for Energy Regulation - Financial Statement 2011

11:45 am

Mr. Dermot Nolan:

In the case of gas, we still directly regulate the price for Bord Gáis. It is not a monopoly but it is still seen as having a dominant position. We will make a decision on when to move from regulating the price and treating like any other sector. That is part of our statutory mandate and the EU rules under which we operate that we should be moving away from direct regulation. We may move to deregulation with regard to Bord Gáis in the near future-----