Liz McManus (Wicklow, Labour)
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Question 74: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if measures will be brought forward to incorporate the regulation of premium rate telephone services under the direction of the communications regulator, ComReg; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6714/06]

Noel Dempsey (Meath, Fianna Fail)
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The Office of the Regulator of Premium Rate Telecoms Services, RegTel, which authorises and supervises the content and promotion of premium rate telecommunications services within the Irish market is independent and does not report to me as Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources. I, therefore, have no plans to amend RegTel's statutory basis nor have I received any request to do so. In addition, the Commission for Communications Regulation, ComReg has no role in relation to content. The area of consumer protection within which RegTel operates falls mainly under the remit of my colleague the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment and the Office of the Director of Consumer Affairs.