Joe O'Toole (Independent)

I wish to remind the Minister about the issue to which he said he would return on Report Stage, the cost of the universal service, how it might be related to people bidding for sections of it and in what way the various costs might be taken into consideration. We talked about the various items that could be taken into consideration when determining the access charges and the Minister said he would report back to us on Report Stage after examining that aspect of the matter. Section 28(9) deals with the items that should be taken into account and the Minister said he would take another look at it. I am pushing my luck here, but it relates somewhat to what is included in Schedule 4. I am not opposing the Schedule and have no problem with it, but I am reminding the Minister that he should have something to say to us on the issue on Report Stage tomorrow.