Results 26,341-26,360 of 31,374 for speaker:Eamon Ryan
- Communications Regulation (Premium Rate Services) Bill 2009: Report Stage (8 Dec 2009)
Eamon Ryan: As I understand it is an administrative charge.
- Communications Regulation (Premium Rate Services) Bill 2009: Report Stage (8 Dec 2009)
Eamon Ryan: I have a similar vision regarding the provision of fibre to homes although this will be more difficult in rural areas but this is what we are heading towards. It is equally available on either national or local roads, either via the National Roads Authority or each local authority. The provisions are similar. The charges are not commercially based so that local authorities will not become...
- Communications Regulation (Premium Rate Services) Bill 2009: Report Stage (8 Dec 2009)
Eamon Ryan: I move amendment No. 3: In page 3, to delete line 13 and substitute the following: "PART 2 REGULATION OF PREMIUM RATE SERVICES 1.âIn this Partâ".
- Communications Regulation (Premium Rate Services) Bill 2009: Report Stage (8 Dec 2009)
Eamon Ryan: I move amendment No. 4: In page 3, between lines 18 and 19, to insert the following: " "end user" has the meaning assigned to it by section 11(5);". These amendments have been made by the Parliamentary Counsel to provide for definitions of "end user" and "Minister" for the purposes of the Bill.
- Communications Regulation (Premium Rate Services) Bill 2009: Report Stage (8 Dec 2009)
Eamon Ryan: I am informed they are provided for in the principal Act but this is a reiteration for this particular Bill. It is the nature of the various Stages of a Bill to improve and refine legislation.
- Communications Regulation (Premium Rate Services) Bill 2009: Report Stage (8 Dec 2009)
Eamon Ryan: I move amendment No. 5: In page 3, between lines 25 and 26, to insert the following: " "Minister" means Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources;".
- Communications Regulation (Premium Rate Services) Bill 2009: Report Stage (8 Dec 2009)
Eamon Ryan: Concern about this issue was the reason I instigated the legislative process. I was concerned by the letters I received and the number of complaints being made about these types of services. This concern has been confirmed by the type of programming to which Deputy McManus referred. Late one night I watched a programme which promised a major prize of â¬700 or â¬800 to viewers who could...
- Communications Regulation (Premium Rate Services) Bill 2009: Report Stage (8 Dec 2009)
Eamon Ryan: I telephoned again and was asked the nationality of the band U2. When I answered "Irish" I was told I had done brilliantly but had just missed out. This happened 15 times in a row and each call cost â¬1.50. On each occasion, I was informed that while I had nearly got through, unfortunately I had not quite made it.
- Communications Regulation (Premium Rate Services) Bill 2009: Report Stage (8 Dec 2009)
Eamon Ryan: While this was taking place, I continued to watch the programme and found out that none of the answers was correct, including the one I had devised. I then decided to stop calling the service but my efforts cost me â¬50. Deputy McManus is correct that this is a scam by any other name. The reason we have regulatory systems in place is to protect members of the public from these sharp...
- Communications Regulation (Premium Rate Services) Bill 2009: Report Stage (8 Dec 2009)
Eamon Ryan: It would be interesting to know whether Deputy Coveney had any difficulty getting through.
- Communications Regulation (Premium Rate Services) Bill 2009: Report Stage (8 Dec 2009)
Eamon Ryan: I also worked in the United States. I recall working in a bar in New Orleans. An identical scam was in operation across the road from it, which I watched day after day. People went in, were ripped off and came out again. It is interesting to hear of the Deputy's similar experiences. If the broadcaster is in a contractual arrangement with the premium rate service provider, then it is a...
- Communications Regulation (Premium Rate Services) Bill 2009: Report Stage (8 Dec 2009)
Eamon Ryan: It not the case where a contractual arrangement to that part-----
- Communications Regulation (Premium Rate Services) Bill 2009: Report Stage (8 Dec 2009)
Eamon Ryan: Where there is a legal contractual arrangement involving the broadcasting service, then it is part of the premium rate service provider.
- Communications Regulation (Premium Rate Services) Bill 2009: Report Stage (8 Dec 2009)
Eamon Ryan: If it has a contract, it is.
- Communications Regulation (Premium Rate Services) Bill 2009: Report Stage (8 Dec 2009)
Eamon Ryan: The definition of a premium rate service provider does include a broadcaster where it is involved in a contractual arrangement for the provision of such a service.
- Communications Regulation (Premium Rate Services) Bill 2009: Report Stage (8 Dec 2009)
Eamon Ryan: It is in the definition of the premium rate service provider.
- Communications Regulation (Premium Rate Services) Bill 2009: Report Stage (8 Dec 2009)
Eamon Ryan: That is a different definition.
- Communications Regulation (Premium Rate Services) Bill 2009: Report Stage (8 Dec 2009)
Eamon Ryan: The definition of a premium rate service provider is "a person who does any or all of the following, for gain:". Paragraphs (c) of the definition states, "packages together the contents of a premium rate service for the purpose of facilitating its provision,". Where a broadcaster has a contractual arrangement-----
- Communications Regulation (Premium Rate Services) Bill 2009: Report Stage (8 Dec 2009)
Eamon Ryan: Lines 17, 18 and 19, paragraph (c), under the definition of a "premium rate service provider".
- Communications Regulation (Premium Rate Services) Bill 2009: Report Stage (8 Dec 2009)
Eamon Ryan: A "premium rate service provider" means a person who does any or all of the following, for gain and among these is paragraph (c), which states, "packages together the contents of a premium rate service for the purpose of facilitating its provision,".