Conor Lenihan (Dublin South West, Fianna Fail)

-----who had concerns about the transfer or change from Regtel to ComReg, namely, that similar powers, sanctions and scope of action should be available to the industry and consumers of its many different offers. She may take some reassurance from that. I cannot tell the future as to whether I shall be supervising the Committee Stage of the legislation, but I should like to reassure Deputy McManus that the Minister, Deputy Ryan, will be open to sensible proposals that strengthen the Bill in an appropriate manner. He does not, and neither do I, envisage substantial amendment to the Bill, but we should all welcome the robust strengthening of the legislation. That needs to be teased out in greater detail. We need to note also that the "stop" campaign has been successful. I believe Deputy Coveney raised this issue. This was an awareness campaign launched on television and radio by Regtel in autumn 2007 to help people to unsubscribe from these services. There were 20,000 calls as a result and the campaign was repeated in spring 2008 at a cost of €270,000. The industry, therefore, has made a substantial commitment towards encouraging people to learn more and to find out how they can unsubscribe.

I would be interested in the details. I do not know whether Deputy McManus wishes to share her husband's poor experience on-----

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