Mary Upton (Dublin South Central, Labour)
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Question 182: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he will introduce measures for the regulation of the content of mobile phone products and services; if he will end the self-regulation of this sector and incorporate RegTel into ComReg; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38860/06]

Noel Dempsey (Meath, Fianna Fail)
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I have no plans for the regulation of the content of mobile phone products and services. The Office of the Regulator of Premium Rate Telecoms Services, RegTel, already authorises and supervises the content and promotion of premium rate telecommunications services within the Irish market and is independent. RegTel does not report to me as Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources and I have no plans to amend its status. 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. In addition, the Commission for Communications Regulation, ComReg, has no role in relation to content.