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

Ms Aoife MacEvilly:

To add to that, if one delves into some of the CRU's detailed decisions, it is correct that they are very technical. What may be more interesting for the committee are outcomes. I was struck by Deputy Smith's very simple question early on as to whether competition is really delivering for customers. I refer to the idea of the dashboard, which would point to the outcomes that the CRU's decisions are delivering to customers. If we can get that right, we can have a good dialogue around the outcomes, which everyone can understand, because it is something the members' constituents will face as well. There are ways the CRU can help to make this work better too.