KENNY WELCOMES APPOINTMENT OF COMREG COMMISSIONERS

Posted on June 12, 2013 11:40 AM   |   Permanent Link   

Labour TD for Dublin Bay North, Seán Kenny, and member of the Oireachtas Communications Committee, has welcomed the announcement by Minister for Communications, Pat Rabbitte, to appoint Gerry Fahy and Jeremy Godfrey as Commissioners of the Commission for Communications Regulation (ComReg).

"Following an open competition run by the Public Appointments Service, Mr. Fahy and Mr. Godfrey will join existing Commissioner, Kevin O'Brien, which now brings the Commission to its full complement of three commissioners. The two successful candidates have considerable experience in the telecommunications sector, and will bring distinctive if different backgrounds to the important work of communications and postal regulation."

"Jeremy Godfrey has almost thirty years' experience in telecommunications, IT and public policy. He was the Government Chief Information Officer in Hong Kong from 2008 to 2011. He has been a partner in PA Consulting Group, has held senior roles in Hongkong Telecom and the Cable & Wireless Group, and has worked for the UK Department of Trade and Industry and as an independent consultant."

"Gerry Fahy has worked in the Irish telecommunications industry since 1980, holding senior positions with Eircom, Eircell, Vodafone, and most recently as a telecommunications consultant."

"Following the publication of the National Broadband Plan, ComReg's €855m multi-band spectrum auction last year, and its decision on next generation access arrangements, the sector is now going through a new and intense period of investment in Ireland. This includes significant investment in high speed mobile and fixed line broadband services which are critical to Ireland's economic and social infrastructure. The postal sector is also facing significant challenges and ComReg have an important regulatory role to discharge in this regard."

"These appointments are being made at a critical time in the development of Ireland and Europe's telecommunications industry. I would like to wish Mr. Godfrey and Mr. Fahy well in their new roles."