Liz McManus (Wicklow, Labour)

That is not in the Bill and no one would accept that in court. The Minister has specifically excluded broadcasting. Let us suppose a broadcaster does a deal with a premium rate service provider. If the authority goes after the premium rate service provider, the broadcaster gets off the hook. The first thing it would argue is that it is not in the arrangement. It could argue that it is not a premium rate service provider because of the specific provision in the Bill. There is an ill-logic there, if such a word exists. This is not the case and it is remiss of the Minister to state that it is the case. It is not. The definition of a premium rate service provider excludes broadcasting such that a broadcaster cannot be a premium rate service provider. However, it can do a deal with such a service provider to scam the public.

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