Eamon Ryan (Dublin Bay South, Green Party) | Oireachtas source

I move amendment No. 1:

In page 3, between lines 10 and 11, to insert the following:"Amendment of section 28 of Communications Regulation (Postal Services) Act 2011

1.The Communications Regulation (Postal Services) Act 2011 is amended in section 28:

(a) in subsection (1) by the substitution of “that postal service” for "a universal postal service" where it secondly occurs,

(b) in subsection (5) by the insertion of "may fail," after "a universal postal service provider" where it firstly occurs, and

(c) in subsection (5) by the substitution of "the Commission shall” for "the Commission may".".

This is a small word change which changes section 28 of the Communications Regulation (Postal Services) Act 2011. The existing section states "The tariffs for each postal service or part of a postal service provided by a universal postal service provider in the provision of a universal postal service shall comply with the following requirements:" I propose a change to the wording whereby "universal postal service shall comply with the following requirements" will be replaced with "that postal service shall comply with the following requirements". It is a technical amendment to ensure all the various postal services provided by An Post comply with European postal regulations so they are grounded in costs, transparent on pricing and non-discriminatory. While it is a small technical amendment, is to ensure the universal postal service and other services provided by An Post come under the same under the European standard of cost recovery, transparency and non-discrimination.