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- Communications Regulation (Premium Rate Services) Bill 2009: Report Stage (8 Dec 2009)
Simon Coveney: Yes.
- Communications Regulation (Premium Rate Services) Bill 2009: Report Stage (8 Dec 2009)
Simon Coveney: I made that distinction but if it is that modest why does the NRA not take the full cost?
- Communications Regulation (Premium Rate Services) Bill 2009: Report Stage (8 Dec 2009)
Simon Coveney: How will ducting owned by local authorities be dealt with in legislation? For instance, if a network operator who is rolling out ducting and dealing with the NRA then moves to a regional road for which a local authority has responsibility, will the existing legislation apply in terms of digging up the road, putting the ducting in place? There are plenty of ducks in Cork at the moment but...
- Communications Regulation (Premium Rate Services) Bill 2009: Report Stage (8 Dec 2009)
Simon Coveney: Are local authorities legally allowed to charge for the use of their ducting infrastructure at present?
- Communications Regulation (Premium Rate Services) Bill 2009: Report Stage (8 Dec 2009)
Simon Coveney: Can the NRA make money out of it? My point is that it is only a matter of time before fibre is rolled out to homes. Either this Minister or another Minister will do it. In my view this is the way Ireland will go in the future. It is crucial that not only do we allow open access to publicly-owned ducting on national roads and ducting available elsewhere in State ownership but we must also...
- Communications Regulation (Premium Rate Services) Bill 2009: Report Stage (8 Dec 2009)
Simon Coveney: The Minister should have answered "No". Cork is the capital.
- Communications Regulation (Premium Rate Services) Bill 2009: Report Stage (8 Dec 2009)
Simon Coveney: This was an issue-----
- Communications Regulation (Premium Rate Services) Bill 2009: Report Stage (8 Dec 2009)
Simon Coveney: I have not said anything yet.
- Communications Regulation (Premium Rate Services) Bill 2009: Report Stage (8 Dec 2009)
Simon Coveney: I presume I have two minutes or whatever is the allocated time permitted. I recognise the Minister has at least acknowledged the conversation we held on Committee Stage by tabling amendment No. 11. Since the last discussion, I tried the late night service on TV3. Let us be upfront about the broadcaster to which we refer. Even if I had switched to high-definition television, I do not...
- Communications Regulation (Premium Rate Services) Bill 2009: Report Stage (8 Dec 2009)
Simon Coveney: The legislation specifically states "other than a broadcasting service". Deputy McManus appears to know why. I accept the point that at times we must distinguish between the telecommunications provider or the premium rate service provider and the broadcasting platform or broadcaster. At times, the broadcaster may be both entities. In such cases, ComReg should be able to investigate the...
- Communications Regulation (Premium Rate Services) Bill 2009: Report Stage (8 Dec 2009)
Simon Coveney: The legislation does not state as much. That is the Minister's interpretation, but is states specifically in black and white that a broadcaster is not and that is the problem.
- Communications Regulation (Premium Rate Services) Bill 2009: Report Stage (8 Dec 2009)
Simon Coveney: What is the point in having the words "other than a broadcasting service" if broadcasters are going to be subject to the investigation of ComReg if they are contractually tied to a premium rate service provider anyway? Why are we specifically saying broadcasters are excluded from something if they are only going to be under investigation if they are providing a premium rate service under...
- Communications Regulation (Premium Rate Services) Bill 2009: Report Stage (8 Dec 2009)
Simon Coveney: Half way down page 4, at line 18.
- Communications Regulation (Premium Rate Services) Bill 2009: Report Stage (8 Dec 2009)
Simon Coveney: Is a broadcaster a person?
- Communications Regulation (Premium Rate Services) Bill 2009: Report Stage (8 Dec 2009)
Simon Coveney: I do not think the Minister is correct in his interpretation because if one considers lines 10, 11 and 12 on page 4, it is stated that what is termed a "premium rate service licence" means "a licence authorising a premium rate service provider to provide a premium". In other words, a premium rate service provider has to have a licence according to section 4, which is at the bottom of page 5....
- Communications Regulation (Premium Rate Services) Bill 2009: Report Stage (8 Dec 2009)
Simon Coveney: A broadcaster will not have a licence.
- Communications Regulation (Premium Rate Services) Bill 2009: Report Stage (8 Dec 2009)
Simon Coveney: We are on shaky ground. The Minister has made a mistake.
- Communications Regulation (Premium Rate Services) Bill 2009: Report Stage (8 Dec 2009)
Simon Coveney: I wish to press amendment No. 6. Question, "That the words proposed to be deleted stand," put and declared carried.
- Communications Regulation (Premium Rate Services) Bill 2009: Report Stage (8 Dec 2009)
Simon Coveney: In order to be helpful I will withdraw amendment No. 13. I welcome the Minister's amendment No. 12.
- Financial Resolution No. 2: Excise (Mineral Oil) (9 Dec 2009)
Simon Coveney: The Minister should not be too smug.