Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 13 December 2005
259 Mr. Durkan asked the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the extent to which consumers here have benefited from deregulation in the area of telecommunications, with particular reference to the quality and cost of mobile phone services and the degree to which broadband has become available here in comparison to services in other European countries; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38951/05]
View answerThe roll-out of mobile phone and broadband services is a matter for commercial service providers who operate in a fully liberalised market.
Responsibility for the regulation of the sector, including regulatory issues surrounding the quality and cost of mobile phone services and regulatory issues surrounding the delivery of broadband, rests with the Commission for Communications Regulation, ComReg, in accordance with the requirements of the Communications Regulation Act 2002 and regulations made under the EU regulatory framework for electronic communications.
