Seán Sherlock (Cork East, Labour)
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134. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he is satisfied that the communications regulator has the necessary financial resources and personnel to be able to fully carry out the responsibilities it has under its remit. [3548/18]

Denis Naughten (Roscommon-Galway, Independent)
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The funding of the Communications Regulator is an operational matter and not one in which I as Minister have any function. Funding is provided through fees and levies on the communications and postal sectors made by the Communications Regulator under section 30 of the Communications Regulation Act, 2002.  

The appropriate level of staffing of the Communications Regulator is one of my functions as Minister under section 20 of the Communications Regulation Act, 2002. As consultation on staff resourcing is currently on going between the Communications Regulator and officials of my Department, I cannot comment on the detail at this time.