Commission for Communications Regulation seeks higher fines for breaching regulations

The country’s communications watchdog has called for an increase in the level of financial penalties that can be imposed on companies for breaching industry regulations.

The Commission for Communications Regulation (ComReg) said changes to the telecommunications regulatory framework in 2011 which drastically reduced the level of fines handed down for corporate offences was “a retrograde step”.

ComReg, which polices the electronic communications and postal services sector, stated it regularly felt hampered by the legal limits in which it operates.