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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: General Scheme of the Communications Regulation (Enforcement) Bill: Discussion (23 Feb 2022)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: Obviously, the Department has the intent of delivering on this. It is just about making sure that we get that added information if anything has changed.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: General Scheme of the Communications Regulation (Enforcement) Bill: Discussion (23 Feb 2022)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: That is brilliant. ComReg is going to have greater powers, such as "a broadened information gathering power, ability to reuse already gathered information, ability to better assist the Minister with policy making and improvements to the notification, privilege and overcharging provisions." What is that extra power exactly in relation to how ComReg is handling the information?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: General Scheme of the Communications Regulation (Enforcement) Bill: Discussion (23 Feb 2022)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: That makes complete sense. Mr. Mourik talked about other legislation and secondary legislation that will be passed to give ComReg greater powers. I ask Mr. Mourik to outline them. I will leave my other questions for the moment.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: General Scheme of the Communications Regulation (Enforcement) Bill: Discussion (23 Feb 2022)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: Are we playing 20 questions?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: General Scheme of the Communications Regulation (Enforcement) Bill: Discussion (23 Feb 2022)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: In fairness, the Chairman got to the crux of the matter. In fairness to ComReg, when its representatives were previously before the committee, they said they did not have the tools required to do business, to do right by the consumer and to put pressure on mobile phone providers and others. We hope this legislation will provide those tools. We have a piece of work to do in that regard. ...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: General Scheme of the Communications Regulation (Enforcement) Bill: Discussion (23 Feb 2022)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: That is fair enough.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: General Scheme of the Communications Regulation (Enforcement) Bill: Discussion (23 Feb 2022)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: There is then a counter strategy.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: General Scheme of the Communications Regulation (Enforcement) Bill: Discussion (23 Feb 2022)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: Does it also deal with international stakeholders?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: General Scheme of the Communications Regulation (Enforcement) Bill: Discussion (23 Feb 2022)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: I accept that. I understand ComReg has to keep watching the situation. Could the committee at some stage get a private briefing?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: General Scheme of the Communications Regulation (Enforcement) Bill: Discussion (23 Feb 2022)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: I apologise but was the concern with that one that it would overload the system?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: General Scheme of the Communications Regulation (Enforcement) Bill: Discussion (23 Feb 2022)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: We might have gone off on a tangent, but sometimes that can be very useful. Can we deal with the National Cyber Security Centre, NCSC? Obviously, it became an overnight sensation after the attack on the HSE. Every expert we spoke to who came before this committee and in other fora stated that they did not believe the NCSC had the resources that were required. We have seen a reasonable...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: General Scheme of the Communications Regulation (Enforcement) Bill: Discussion (23 Feb 2022)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: Does Mr. Stephens think the NCSC has the required resources to do the business it needs to do?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: General Scheme of the Communications Regulation (Enforcement) Bill: Discussion (23 Feb 2022)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: Is Mr. Stephens relatively happy, after the interaction the NCSC has had with some of these possible target companies and whatever else, that they are doing what they need to do?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: General Scheme of the Communications Regulation (Enforcement) Bill: Discussion (23 Feb 2022)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: It is obviously very reassuring that actions are being taken on basis of the issue we have with Russia and Ukraine. During an attack, there are attempts to disrupt. I accept that some of this stuff could relate to the Defence Forces, rather than NCSC, but some of the experts we had before us talked about almost a counter-strike capacity. What would the NCSC and CSIRT do? What is...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: General Scheme of the Communications Regulation (Enforcement) Bill: Discussion (23 Feb 2022)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: I imagine, in real terms, that would relate to the Defence Forces. While under attack, sometimes, one counterattacks in order to disrupt. The NCSC is involved when an attack is on. I assume some of it means there is some sort of over and back.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: General Scheme of the Communications Regulation (Enforcement) Bill: Discussion (23 Feb 2022)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: I accept that and I assume the NCSC is obviously within the American defence set-up. It probably does engage in some of this, especially when certain players come on the attack.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Insurance Industry (22 Feb 2022)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: Gabhaim buíochas leis an Aire Stáit. I accept that there have been advances and these are to be welcomed. I am talking specifically about a number of companies operating in the leisure industry that probably run very large events. They are breaking their companies into individual parts. If they are dealing with marquees, they are keeping that separate. They cannot in any way,...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Insurance Industry (22 Feb 2022)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: There have been a number of pieces that have been dealt with legislatively here but we still have failings around the fact that the duty of care legislation has not been brought in. That is a major part of this. We have all seen situations such as in my own constituency involving community centres; there may be a claim against two or three parties using a centre and, although the centre...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Insurance Industry (22 Feb 2022)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: 17. To ask the Minister for Finance the status of his plans to address the rising cost of and limited access to public liability insurance; the detail of his recent engagements with an organisation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9473/22]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Insurance Industry (22 Feb 2022)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: What are the plans of the Minister to address the rising cost of and limited access to public liability insurance? What recent engagements has he had with the insurance industry, Insurance Ireland and his office to promote competition in the insurance market? I think he would struggle to find a company that is offering bouncy castles that has insurance. We have reached that doomsday...