Cathy Mannion

Cathy Mannion’s background is economic regulation as it applies to aviation, water, electricity and gas. She was chair of the Performance Review Body; providing advice to the European Commission on the regulation and incentivisation of air navigation services in the EU. Prior to joining the PRB, Cathy was the Irish National Supervisory Authority for the economic regulation of air navigation services and the Irish Commissioner for Aviation Regulation.  As Commissioner, she was responsible for setting a price cap on Dublin Airport, approving investment plans, upholding air passenger rights under EU 261, declaring slot coordination parameters for Dublin Airport and licensing Irish based air carriers and ground handlers.  Cathy previously worked in the Irish Commission for the Regulation of Utilities and was responsible for establishing the economic regulatory framework for water services and for developing and implementing policy for many aspects of the Irish energy markets including tariffs and the economic regulation of electricity and gas networks.