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

12:45 pm

Mr. Alex Chisholm:

The Deputy is not right about the 15% figure. He assumes that the requirements set by my office act as a ceiling for the provision of services that companies offer. That is not correct. Let us examine the figures. For one operator the requirement was 85% but its actual coverage is 96%. For another operator the requirement was 80% but its actual coverage is 90.5%. In other words, the operators have responded to the needs of users like the Deputy and is providing services.