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

Mr. Garrett Blaney:

The sectors that we regulate have a fundamental impact on the economy. They affect every consumer in the country. Security supply is a critical dimension. The CRU is quite technical and I agree with Dr. McGowan that we have work to do to try to explain ourselves better. Unfortunately, when something goes wrong, everyone knows about it, but we see it as very important to ensure that one is fully informed before things go wrong. That accountability is very much welcome.