Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 9 July 2019

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment

ESB Networks: Commission for Regulation of Utilities

Dr. Paul McGowan:

Possibly the last time that we discussed this, I would have said that the CRU was adequately resourced at that time. Financial resources have never been an issue for the CRU because we raise our financial resources via a levy. We are still subject to the usual employment control framework that needs sanction through the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform. We currently have an application in for additional resources, which is very much to address the climate change and clean energy package, and other matters which are adding to our workload for the foreseeable future.