Results 701-720 of 4,404 for speaker:Liz McManus
- Communications Regulation (Premium Rate Services) Bill 2009: Report Stage (8 Dec 2009)
Liz McManus: I thank the Minister.
- Communications Regulation (Premium Rate Services) Bill 2009: Report Stage (8 Dec 2009)
Liz McManus: Why has the Minister excluded broadcasting?
- Communications Regulation (Premium Rate Services) Bill 2009: Report Stage (8 Dec 2009)
Liz McManus: Exactly.
- Communications Regulation (Premium Rate Services) Bill 2009: Report Stage (8 Dec 2009)
Liz McManus: Michael McDowell will make mincemeat of the Minister.
- Communications Regulation (Premium Rate Services) Bill 2009: Report Stage (8 Dec 2009)
Liz McManus: I move amendment No. 14: In page 7, between lines 31 and 32, to insert the following: "(11) The Commission may give a direction to a network operator that is necessary or expedient for the performance of the functions of the Commission, and the network operator shall comply with the direction.". These various amendments deal with greater powers for the commission. Amendment No. 14 inserts...
- Communications Regulation (Premium Rate Services) Bill 2009: Report Stage (8 Dec 2009)
Liz McManus: I move amendment No. 16: In page 7, line 34, after "section 4," to insert the following: "or the class or type of premium rate services which do not require to be so licenced". I made the point already that there may be some exemptions that do not need to be fully licensed. I imagine it is a very small sector, such as emergency lines and so on. I made the point at the wrong stage in this...
- Communications Regulation (Premium Rate Services) Bill 2009: Report Stage (8 Dec 2009)
Liz McManus: While the Minister is not willing to accept the amendment, is he saying the commission will still have the power to define by regulation certain services that will be exempt? Is he saying that no services can be exempt?
- Communications Regulation (Premium Rate Services) Bill 2009: Report Stage (8 Dec 2009)
Liz McManus: It can do that.
- Communications Regulation (Premium Rate Services) Bill 2009: Report Stage (8 Dec 2009)
Liz McManus: Okay. That is great.
- Communications Regulation (Premium Rate Services) Bill 2009: Report Stage (8 Dec 2009)
Liz McManus: I understand.
- Communications Regulation (Premium Rate Services) Bill 2009: Report Stage (8 Dec 2009)
Liz McManus: I move amendment No. 17: In page 7, between lines 42 and 43, to insert the following: "(2) It shall be a condition of a licence under section 4 thatâ (a) the premium rate service provider shall ensure that any service of an ongoing nature may be readily terminated by the user at any time, and in the case of a service provided by SMS, the user may terminate the service at any time by sending...
- Communications Regulation (Premium Rate Services) Bill 2009: Report Stage (8 Dec 2009)
Liz McManus: Amendment No. 20 provides for a power to direct the service provider to remedy a situation which means other people will not be affected. However, I am not clear that it will ensure the person who has been hard done by will be compensated and that the issue will be addressed. There seems to be this concentration on the system rather than on the individual. Since the Minister will not...
- Communications Regulation (Premium Rate Services) Bill 2009: Report Stage (8 Dec 2009)
Liz McManus: That is fine.
- Communications Regulation (Premium Rate Services) Bill 2009: Instruction to Committee (Resumed) (8 Dec 2009)
Liz McManus: It is important when we change legislation, even in this rather cackhanded way, that we do so to make sure that any process we establish is as efficient as possible. I have some concerns about the Minister's amendment. Deputy Coveney and I put down a similar amendment but this one is complicated, I suspect unnecessarily so because there are two Departments involved, the Departments of...
- Communications Regulation (Premium Rate Services) Bill 2009: Report Stage (8 Dec 2009)
Liz McManus: The point Deputy Coveney was making was that, rather than taking all of those amendments together, it would be no problem for the Minister to take amendment No. 38 separately. It is an enormous amendment.
- Communications Regulation (Premium Rate Services) Bill 2009: Report Stage (8 Dec 2009)
Liz McManus: I have some points to make but it is complicated when we are recommitting such a large group of amendments. On amendment No. 7, the Minister proposes to delete line 27, "Principal Act means Communications Regulation Act 2002;". Does that mean there is no reference to any principal Act anywhere in the Bill? If there is, there should be an explanation of what that Act is. Why did the...
- Communications Regulation (Premium Rate Services) Bill 2009: Instruction to Committee (8 Dec 2009)
Liz McManus: I did not get a copy of the Minister's speech. Is there a problem with it?
- Communications Regulation (Premium Rate Services) Bill 2009: Instruction to Committee (8 Dec 2009)
Liz McManus: I have just received a copy now. I appreciate that Deputy Coveney would need to have a copy. It is not good enough that Members have to come begging for copies of a Minister's speech. I do not wish to labour the point but when the Minister is making his contribution, we should have a copy of what he is saying. It is a reference for us and is useful, and it leads to a better debate. This...
- Order of Business (8 Dec 2009)
Liz McManus: The Labour Party is opposed to this.
- Order of Business (8 Dec 2009)
Liz McManus: It is not the way to bring in legislation. The Minister has essentially lumped two separate Bills into one, and the second part of this Bill deals with an issue totally unconnected with the main Title. The Minister did not have an amendment in time so Deputy Coveney and I submitted an amendment prepared by the Government. It was rejected because it was not relevant to the Bill.