Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 6 February 2018
506. Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if his attention has been drawn to the fact that ComReg's broadband market review has yet to be published; if he has been provided with reasoning for these delays; and if he will request the commission to ensure its immediate publication. [5665/18]
View answerI have no function in the matter referred to by the Deputy. The regulation of the wholesale local access and wholesale central access markets and the companies operating within them, to the extent permitted by law, is a statutory function of Commission for Communications Regulation (ComReg) in accordance with Section 10(1)(a) of the Communications Regulation Act 2002 (No 20/2002).
A letter of formal notice was issued by the European Commission requesting observations in relation to completion of reviews by ComReg of reviews of the relevant wholesale markets within the prescribed timeframe. A response to the letter of formal notice was issued in December 2017, informing the Commission that it is expected that the draft measures to be adopted by ComReg in the Wholesale Local Access and the Wholesale Central Access markets will be notified by ComReg to the Commission in the coming months
