John Clendennen (Offaly, Fine Gael)
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124. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the current status of his Department’s plan to increase the staff headcount of the CRU; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60216/25]

Darragh O'Brien (Dublin Fingal East, Fianna Fail)
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The Commission for Regulation of Utilities (CRU) is an independent regulator, accountable to a committee of the Oireachtas.

While CRU is financed by means of a levy on regulated entities, it must receive approval from myself, as Minister, and the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, in consultation with the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, for any increase in its overall staff sanction.

CRU’s Strategic Workforce Plan 2025-2027 was submitted to my Department for consideration seeking consent for various proposed increases in staffing levels across the organisation. The consent request is currently under consideration, in line with the relevant required governance processes.