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Seanad: Communications Regulation (Amendment) Bill 2007: Report and Final Stages (22 Feb 2007)

Brendan Ryan: I move amendment No. 5: In page 49, between lines 19 and 20, to insert the following: "(2) In this section a message sent by electronic mail or text message is deemed to be sent by telephone.". To hear Senator Norris talk about old guff is a bit rich but we will leave it at that. He is a good friend of mine in spite of everything.

Seanad: Communications Regulation (Amendment) Bill 2007: Report and Final Stages (22 Feb 2007)

Brendan Ryan: On Committee Stage one of my colleagues dealt with this amendment. This section provides: "Offences in connection with telephones. 13.—(1) Any person who— (a) sends by telephone any message that is grossly offensive, or is indecent, obscene or menacing, or (b) for the purpose of causing annoyance, inconvenience, or needless anxiety to another person— (i) sends by telephone any message...

Seanad: Communications Regulation (Amendment) Bill 2007: Report and Final Stages (Resumed) (22 Feb 2007)

Brendan Ryan: If an individual uses a landline telephone and commits an act as I have listed, it is an offence. If an individual sends an offensive or abusive text message or an electronic mail, it is not an offence. The amendment proposes that the section deems an electronic mail or text message as having been sent by telephone. On Committee Stage, the Minister of State stated he did not intend to deal...

Seanad: Communications Regulation (Amendment) Bill 2007: Report and Final Stages (Resumed) (22 Feb 2007)

Brendan Ryan: That is what the Minister of State claimed.

Seanad: Communications Regulation (Amendment) Bill 2007: Report and Final Stages (Resumed) (22 Feb 2007)

Brendan Ryan: It is not.

Seanad: Communications Regulation (Amendment) Bill 2007: Report and Final Stages (Resumed) (22 Feb 2007)

Brendan Ryan: Dealing with Committee or Report Stages of a Bill can be either one of the most worthwhile parts of a Member's time or among the most frustrating. The most frustrating is when one gets nonsense being parroted by Ministers who obviously refuse to engage with the issue. Harassment is defined as multiple activities. The section of the Post Office (Amendment) Act 1951 referred to deals with...

Seanad: Communications Regulation (Amendment) Bill 2007: Report and Final Stages (Resumed) (22 Feb 2007)

Brendan Ryan: No, it would not.

Seanad: Communications Regulation (Amendment) Bill 2007: Report and Final Stages (Resumed) (22 Feb 2007)

Brendan Ryan: I have very little evidence of the Cathaoirleach being wrong as frequently as various Attorneys General have been. We already have a section in place. Harassment is a smokescreen and is misleading. The story is that it is only about the emergency services, which is an important fact, but the section of the Post Office (Amendment) Act 1951, as amended, will read: Any person who— (a) sends...

Seanad: Communications Regulation (Amendment) Bill 2007: Report and Final Stages (Resumed) (22 Feb 2007)

Brendan Ryan: That is not true.

Seanad: Communications Regulation (Amendment) Bill 2007: Report and Final Stages (Resumed) (22 Feb 2007)

Brendan Ryan: That is simply not true.

Seanad: Communications Regulation (Amendment) Bill 2007: Report and Final Stages (Resumed) (22 Feb 2007)

Brendan Ryan: This legislation contains a considerable amount that is good. I hope ComReg might be able and willing to use the powers it has to defend consumers against fairly powerful and predatory multinationals in particular. However, I again regret that the opportunity to protect our children, in particular from the abuse that can accompany e-mails and text messaging has been abandoned. I find it...

Seanad: Order of Business (7 Mar 2007)

Brendan Ryan: It is rare that I agree with the Minister for Arts, Sports and Tourism but regarding the issue a ndearna an Seanadóir O'Toole tagairt dó, is cosúil go bhfuil an ceart aige ó thaobh polaitíochta de mar an t-aon phobalbhreith a tógadh i ndeisceart Chiarraí, ba shoiléir nach raibh ag éirí leis an iarrthóir ba mhó a bhí taobh thiar den fheachtas i gcoinne logainm an Daingin a bheith...

Seanad: Order of Business (7 Mar 2007)

Brendan Ryan: Senator Norris's attachment to the Irish language is long admired by me.

Seanad: Order of Business (7 Mar 2007)

Brendan Ryan: In the report of the Garda Síochána Inspectorate most of the focus has been on procedures for dealing with sieges, which is very welcome. However, most disturbing is the inspectorate's conclusion about how badly equipped the Garda is. We have been hearing this from Garda representative organisations and other organisations. However, there seems to be casualness about equipping the Garda...

Seanad: Order of Business (7 Mar 2007)

Brendan Ryan: The Minister ought to come to the House to explain his response not to one little bit——

Seanad: Order of Business (7 Mar 2007)

Brendan Ryan: I have no idea.

Seanad: Order of Business (7 Mar 2007)

Brendan Ryan: On competitiveness, there was a daft proposal from chambers of commerce that not enough people were paying tax. They stated that the 40% who were not paying income tax were somehow outside the political process and should be required to pay tax again. On whatever else there may be disagreement, there is consensus in this House that that is among the daftest proposals that has ever been...

Seanad: Order of Business (7 Mar 2007)

Brendan Ryan: Like everything else, Fianna Fáil and the Progressive Democrats inherited it.

Seanad: Order of Business (7 Mar 2007)

Brendan Ryan: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) (Amendment) Bill 2007: Second Stage (7 Mar 2007)

Brendan Ryan: We have loads of them. We even have a few in the Oireachtas.