Jimmy Harte (Labour) | Oireachtas source

I have some points of clarification. I agree with Senator Reilly about roaming charges on the Border. I encounter the problem every week travelling to and from Dublin. I refer in particular to data roaming. Anyone who has switched it on while travelling through Northern Ireland would have paid the cost of a flight to California by the time he or she got home. It is totally ridiculous. Whatever about cross-Border charges on telephone calls and text message, data roaming charges should not be so high. They are a mystery to me. I do not know who works out the rates but everyone has had a bad experience with them. I agree wholeheartedly with the call to bring the Minister to the House to discuss the issue.

My second point concerns perceived broken promises. When any Government takes office it promises to look after the country and its sovereignty.