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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: General Scheme of the Communications Regulation (Enforcement) Bill: Discussion (23 Feb 2022)
Kieran O'Donnell: Are there fines currently running with regard to Ireland and this legislation?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: General Scheme of the Communications Regulation (Enforcement) Bill: Discussion (23 Feb 2022)
Kieran O'Donnell: What is the rush on the pre-legislative scrutiny if the legislation is not going to be ready until April and if the EU is not imposing fines? When will the EU start to impose fines?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: General Scheme of the Communications Regulation (Enforcement) Bill: Discussion (23 Feb 2022)
Kieran O'Donnell: The committee was given the impression that there would be fines. Mr. Confrey is now telling me something different.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: General Scheme of the Communications Regulation (Enforcement) Bill: Discussion (23 Feb 2022)
Kieran O'Donnell: There was a push on to get the pre-legislative scrutiny through on the basis that there could be fines. I put it to the Department that the committee values very seriously the work that we do here. We want to assist in making legislation robust. We will look at this and, as a committee, we will come back collectively on it. Will Mr. Mourik indicate how many mobile phone and broadband...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: General Scheme of the Communications Regulation (Enforcement) Bill: Discussion (23 Feb 2022)
Kieran O'Donnell: Does regulator have the powers to impose fines at the moment?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: General Scheme of the Communications Regulation (Enforcement) Bill: Discussion (23 Feb 2022)
Kieran O'Donnell: So, the regulator must take that to court.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: General Scheme of the Communications Regulation (Enforcement) Bill: Discussion (23 Feb 2022)
Kieran O'Donnell: Which court?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: General Scheme of the Communications Regulation (Enforcement) Bill: Discussion (23 Feb 2022)
Kieran O'Donnell: In the last 12 months, how many cases has the regulator brought to the High Court?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: General Scheme of the Communications Regulation (Enforcement) Bill: Discussion (23 Feb 2022)
Kieran O'Donnell: There is currently one.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: General Scheme of the Communications Regulation (Enforcement) Bill: Discussion (23 Feb 2022)
Kieran O'Donnell: With all the complaints the public have in terms of dealing with mobile providers, phone providers and broadband providers, ComReg has only one complaint before the High Court. Is that because ComReg does not have the powers or what is the reason?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: General Scheme of the Communications Regulation (Enforcement) Bill: Discussion (23 Feb 2022)
Kieran O'Donnell: Does it have no powers at all?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: General Scheme of the Communications Regulation (Enforcement) Bill: Discussion (23 Feb 2022)
Kieran O'Donnell: That is on a non-statutory basis.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: General Scheme of the Communications Regulation (Enforcement) Bill: Discussion (23 Feb 2022)
Kieran O'Donnell: There is no legislation to enforce that. ComReg cannot ring a mobile provider and say a person has been waiting for two hours. It cannot do anything bar give them a slap on the wrist and say it will get back to them.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: General Scheme of the Communications Regulation (Enforcement) Bill: Discussion (23 Feb 2022)
Kieran O'Donnell: If this charter comes in, will it be a voluntary charter that the mobile providers provide or a legally binding charter?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: General Scheme of the Communications Regulation (Enforcement) Bill: Discussion (23 Feb 2022)
Kieran O'Donnell: Do they have to get that charter approved by ComReg? Is ComReg looking for that?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: General Scheme of the Communications Regulation (Enforcement) Bill: Discussion (23 Feb 2022)
Kieran O'Donnell: If they do not abide by that charter, what can ComReg do and what would it like to be able to do under the legislation?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: General Scheme of the Communications Regulation (Enforcement) Bill: Discussion (23 Feb 2022)
Kieran O'Donnell: Is the fine for a corporate the higher of €5 million or 10% of the turnover, and for an individual the higher of €500,000 or 10% of annual income?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: General Scheme of the Communications Regulation (Enforcement) Bill: Discussion (23 Feb 2022)
Kieran O'Donnell: The question for me is quite simple. Obviously, if the broadband providers, mobile providers and telephone providers do not have enough of a deterrent, they are going to let this run on and, every so often, they will be given a slap on the wrist. What is the draconian measure that can be brought in by ComReg to ensure that mobile providers, when they are sitting down and planning, will know...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: General Scheme of the Communications Regulation (Enforcement) Bill: Discussion (23 Feb 2022)
Kieran O'Donnell: They will only take that seriously if it is going to hurt them in their pocket. They will not take it seriously if it is effectively a cross letter, a cross word or a slap on the wrist. The only way it hurts is if it costs money. Will this cost them and will it cost them quickly?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: General Scheme of the Communications Regulation (Enforcement) Bill: Discussion (23 Feb 2022)
Kieran O'Donnell: Are the Department and ComReg interacting on the structure of this Bill?