Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 3 June 2020
431. Deputy Emer Higgins asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the role the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission can play in circumstances in which an airline is refusing to provide compensation or vouchers to passengers that cannot catch their flight due to the fact they are obeying advice on non-essential travel and the flight is still operating; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8462/20]
View answerThe Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport has policy responsibility for Regulation (EC) No. 261/2004 on common rules on compensation and assistance to passengers in the event of denied boarding and of cancellation or long delay of flights. The Commission for Aviation Regulation, an independent statutory body under the aegis of the Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport, is responsible for the enforcement of the Regulation. The Competition and Consumer Protection Commission has no function in relation to the rights of air passengers to reimbursement under the Regulation.
