Eamon Ryan (Dublin South, Green Party)

I agree with both Senators on the importance of having effective sanctions and we are seeking to do this. A code is in place under RegTel but the difficulty is that it is not enforceable. We are legislating to give legal powers for that to happen both in regard to the ability to stop unwanted services and to obtain refunds. A number of sections provide for such conditions to be part of the licence arrangements and the requirements of the operator. In failing to meet them an operator will be liable to further sanctions up to revocation of its licence. We are including powers to stop the scams about which we all hear from constituents and to give them the ability to stop services they do not want, to obtain refunds and to seek redress where they have been scammed.