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Seanad: Communications Regulation and Digital Hub Development Agency (Amendment) Bill 2022: Committee and Remaining Stages (14 Feb 2023)

Alice-Mary Higgins: I do not know if all decisions of all Ministers can claim to have implicit reasonableness in everything they do. We are moving towards a dangerous papal-infallibility-style approach if we believe that. Nonetheless, in acknowledgement of the fact that the Government has narrowed the scope in which this discretion may be applied to only issues of national security, I am not going to press the...

Seanad: Communications Regulation and Digital Hub Development Agency (Amendment) Bill 2022: Committee and Remaining Stages (14 Feb 2023)

Alice-Mary Higgins: I move amendment No. 38: In page 25, between lines 2 and 3, to insert the following: “(3) A requirement for confidentiality made under subsection (1)may apply for a period of up to 36 months. (4) Following the expiry of a confidentiality period under subsection (3), a requirement for confidentiality under subsection (1)may berenewed where the Minister reasonably considers...

Seanad: Communications Regulation and Digital Hub Development Agency (Amendment) Bill 2022: Committee and Remaining Stages (14 Feb 2023)

Alice-Mary Higgins: With respect, the fact the Minister may revoke is not the same and, indeed, the ComReg report saying who has been sanctioned is not the same as saying what the measures are and how they are applying. Even if the Minister has access to that ComReg report, which would bluntly say who has been subject to the measures, the issue of legislative or parliamentary scrutiny is not really addressed....

Seanad: Communications Regulation and Digital Hub Development Agency (Amendment) Bill 2022: Committee and Remaining Stages (14 Feb 2023)

Alice-Mary Higgins: I move amendment No. 46: In page 28, line 16, to delete “shall” where it firstly occurs and substitute “may”.

Seanad: Communications Regulation and Digital Hub Development Agency (Amendment) Bill 2022: Committee and Remaining Stages (14 Feb 2023)

Alice-Mary Higgins: I move amendment No. 52: In page 29, line 37, after “Part,” to insert “including a review of any regulations made under this Part, in consultation with the Commission and the relevant committee,”. Amendment No. 52 seeks to impose a requirement on the Minister such that, when conducting a review of the part of the Bill relating to high-risk or relevant vendors,...

Seanad: Communications Regulation and Digital Hub Development Agency (Amendment) Bill 2022: Committee and Remaining Stages (14 Feb 2023)

Alice-Mary Higgins: I move amendment No. 53: In page 29, after line 40, to insert the following: “(2) The report under subsection (1)shall include information on the number of confidentiality orders issued under section 26, the number of High Court cases taken under section 17, and the number of appeals denied under section 18, and shall include an assessment of any regulations made under this Part....

Seanad: Communications Regulation and Digital Hub Development Agency (Amendment) Bill 2022: Committee and Remaining Stages (14 Feb 2023)

Alice-Mary Higgins: I move amendment No. 54: In page 30, line 33, to delete “may” and substitute “shall”. With amendment No. 54, we are into a different topic and a different set of issues. We are out of the area of risks to national security although we are still discussing dangers to the public, especially the risks they face in their engagements with different operators....

Seanad: Communications Regulation and Digital Hub Development Agency (Amendment) Bill 2022: Committee and Remaining Stages (14 Feb 2023)

Alice-Mary Higgins: I thank the Minister of State for accepting amendment No. 60. It is important it will send a signal about the seriousness with which the customer charter should be treated. I still have concerns. I appreciate the Minister of State's point on there being a balance with regard to the discretion of ComReg. It identifies the areas. There is also the fact that, ultimately, one of the things...

Seanad: Communications Regulation and Digital Hub Development Agency (Amendment) Bill 2022: Committee and Remaining Stages (14 Feb 2023)

Alice-Mary Higgins: I move amendment No. 55: In page 31, line 1, after "channels," to insert "and the need to provide offline, telephone and in-person channels,".

Seanad: Communications Regulation and Digital Hub Development Agency (Amendment) Bill 2022: Committee and Remaining Stages (14 Feb 2023)

Alice-Mary Higgins: I move amendment No. 56: In page 31, line 7, after "channels," to insert "and the need to provide offline, telephone and in-person channels,".

Seanad: Communications Regulation and Digital Hub Development Agency (Amendment) Bill 2022: Committee and Remaining Stages (14 Feb 2023)

Alice-Mary Higgins: I move amendment No. 57: In page 31, between lines 26 and 27, to insert the following: "(f) adherence to contractual commitments, including— (i) instances where a provider changes the terms of a contract during the contract period, or (ii) instances where a provider increases their pricing during a contract period;".

Seanad: Communications Regulation and Digital Hub Development Agency (Amendment) Bill 2022: Committee and Remaining Stages (14 Feb 2023)

Alice-Mary Higgins: I move amendment No. 58: In page 32, line 3, to delete “may” and substitute “shall”.

Seanad: Communications Regulation and Digital Hub Development Agency (Amendment) Bill 2022: Committee and Remaining Stages (14 Feb 2023)

Alice-Mary Higgins: I move amendment No. 59: In page 32, line 7, to delete “may” and substitute “shall”.

Seanad: Communications Regulation and Digital Hub Development Agency (Amendment) Bill 2022: Committee and Remaining Stages (14 Feb 2023)

Alice-Mary Higgins: I move amendment No. 60: In page 32, line 20, to delete “may” and substitute “shall”.

Seanad: Communications Regulation and Digital Hub Development Agency (Amendment) Bill 2022: Committee and Remaining Stages (14 Feb 2023)

Alice-Mary Higgins: I move amendment No. 61: In page 33, between lines 37 and 38, to insert the following: “(10) Where a provider prepares a compensation scheme it shall ensure that end-users are informed, in a clear and comprehensible way, that the compensation scheme does not prejudice their right to pursue compensation in respect of a specified failure by other legal means or...

Seanad: Communications Regulation and Digital Hub Development Agency (Amendment) Bill 2022: Committee and Remaining Stages (14 Feb 2023)

Alice-Mary Higgins: I move amendment No. 62: In page 35, line 27, after “non-discriminatory” to insert “, and which must be accessible through offline as well as online channels, including by telephone or in-person”. Amendment No. 62 relates to section 41, which requires that providers have in place procedures for dealing with complaints that are fair, accessible and prompt. This...

Seanad: Communications Regulation and Digital Hub Development Agency (Amendment) Bill 2022: Committee and Remaining Stages (14 Feb 2023)

Alice-Mary Higgins: We have had this discussion previously. I think there is a balance between the discretion of ComReg in this regard and our obligations as legislators to ensure that the key provisions regarding access in legislation we put forward are effective. If there is, therefore, a concern, and in this case a significant one, that 40% of the population may have difficulty in accessing certain forms of...

Seanad: Communications Regulation and Digital Hub Development Agency (Amendment) Bill 2022: Committee and Remaining Stages (14 Feb 2023)

Alice-Mary Higgins: I thank the Minister of State.

Seanad: Communications Regulation and Digital Hub Development Agency (Amendment) Bill 2022: Committee and Remaining Stages (14 Feb 2023)

Alice-Mary Higgins: I move amendment No. 63: In page 35, line 38, to delete “the” and substitute “both offline and online”.

Seanad: Communications Regulation and Digital Hub Development Agency (Amendment) Bill 2022: Committee and Remaining Stages (14 Feb 2023)

Alice-Mary Higgins: I did not realise the House was taking Committee and Remaining Stages today. I am disappointed as it does not allow me to bring back some of my amendments, which I had hoped to do.