Maurice Cummins (Fine Gael)

I listened to a radio programme last week during which I heard vulnerable people with depression, bipolar disorder and other illnesses state they were using premium rate lines such as Irish Psychics Live and running up bills of hundreds of euro because of their vulnerability. Regtel has introduced guidelines indicating people should be cut off when the cost has reached €60 but this is not happening and people are being allowed run up bills of hundreds of euro. The owner of the company running these lines has stated there are only guidelines rather than legislation to compel the service to stop at €60. If this is the case, we should introduce legislation to cover such lines——