Pat Rabbitte (Dublin South West, Labour)
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I apologise. The influence we can have, which is bearing fruit, is better competition. The entrance today of a new commercial company is being portrayed in some quarters as a State intervention. The ESB is a commercial State company and the joint venture with Vodafone is a commercial enterprise. That is a new player in the market. We have to improve competition because that is the greatest downward pressure on prices. We have been involved in a number of measures with other members states in Europe such as the introduction of new roaming charges yesterday and so on. Better competition is a priority.