Vol. 507 No. 2
67 Mr. Durkan asked the Minister for Public Enterprise if she has satisfied herself that the Director of Telecommunications Regulation is the best person to adjudicate on the issue of the use or non-use of television deflectors; if adequate authority is vested in the director's office to deal with this situation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16791/99]
The functions of the Director of Telecommunications Regulation include the regulation and licensing of communications infrastructures, including broadcasting transmission and retransmission systems. In accordance with the Wireless Telegraphy Acts, as amended, the director requires my consent for any regulations that the director may draw up to establish any licensing scheme involving apparatus for wireless telegraphy, such as television deflector systems. I am satisfied that the director has adequate authority in this regard. I am also satisfied that these arrangements properly reflect the allocation of functions between myself as Minister with overall policy responsibility in the area and the director.
