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:

We regulate the broadcasting network industry. Where we conduct a market analysis which shows that a certain operator or broadcasting network has significant power, it can be subject to regulation. We have proposed that be the case in respect of RTE Networks. That would not apply to Sky because it does not have broadcasting networks in this country. It is an authorised operator because it will shortly offer - and it is doing so at the moment on a trial basis - telephony and broadband services. We will regulate it on that basis.