Martin Ferris (Kerry North, Sinn Fein)
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Question 1099: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the basis on which Regtel can describe itself as an independent regulator if as he stated in his reply of 14 December 2006 that the company is in fact a private limited company and one presumably funded by the companies which it is supposed to be regulating. [43864/06]

Micheál Martin (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail)
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As advised in my reply to the Deputy on 14th December 2006, my Department does not have any function or responsibility in relation to Regtel. Regtel was not set up by statute and does not as far as I am aware derive any regulatory role on foot of any statute. I am not in a position to advise the Deputy as to how the Company is funded or as to how it should most appropriately be described.