Brian Walsh (Galway West, Fine Gael)
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To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will consider introducing measures that would require mobile phone network providers to ensure that all phone users, including those who opt for the prepaid option, are compelled to register their name and address with their network provider. [13010/13]

Pat Rabbitte (Dublin South West, Labour)
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A proposal to register all customers of mobile phone services was considered previously by my Department which identified many complex legal, technical, data protection and practical issues to be considered. It was concluded at that time that the proposal would be of limited benefit in that it would not solve the illegal and inappropriate use of mobile phones and was not practical. There are no current proposals to compel mobile telephone service providers to register all customers.