Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)

He is subject to the Government's policy and the Minister's instructions. Either the Minister instructed and the regulator told him to clear off, or the Minister failed to instruct and the regulator rang him up and asked the Minister for his instructions and then claimed he was independent. As long as the Minister remained silent, the regulator could do what he had to do. This is a burden on the taxpayer, the consumer and on industry and it is a failure on the Minister's part.

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