Denis Naughten (Roscommon-Galway, Independent) | Oireachtas source

Deputy Curran has raised a very important point. I do not know what powers I have in this area and I have to be very careful because of competition law. I commit to relaying the point directly to the 67 operators and to asking them to do this because it makes sense. Not all of them have a flat rate system and many have a user charge system, which they have done quite effectively, as Deputy Eugene Murphy and I have seen in our constituency. Over the next 12 to 15 months, as people transition from their current flat-rate charging regime to an incentivised system, it would make sense to advise them as to the most appropriate scheme for them, based on prior usage. I will relay that to the industry.

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