Communications Regulation and Digital Hub Development Agency (Amendment) Bill 2022

What this bill does AI · claude-haiku-4-5-20251001

• Establishes security obligations for electronic communications providers to take appropriate risk management measures; allows Minister to set security guidelines and ComReg to enforce compliance.
• Creates consumer protections including minimum quality-of-service standards, customer charters, compensation schemes, and dispute resolution procedures through ComReg.
• Introduces administrative sanctions regime for regulatory breaches, including settlement and commitment procedures, with High Court appeals available.

Stage timeline What do these stages mean?

1. First Stage 33rd Dáil

   26 Sep 2022
2. Second Stage 33rd Dáil

   6 Oct 2022
3. Committee Stage 33rd Dáil

   6 Oct 2022
4. Report Stage 33rd Dáil

   25 Jan 2023
5. Fifth Stage 33rd Dáil

   25 Jan 2023
6. Second Stage 26th Seanad

   8 Feb 2023
7. Committee Stage 26th Seanad

   8 Feb 2023
8. Report Stage 26th Seanad

   14 Feb 2023
9. Fifth Stage 26th Seanad

   14 Feb 2023
10. Enacted

    2 Mar 2023

Debates

• From the Seanad 22 Feb 2023 ↗
• Committee and Remaining Stages 14 Feb 2023 ↗
• Second Stage 8 Feb 2023 ↗
• Report and Final Stages 25 Jan 2023 ↗
• Second Stage (Resumed) 6 Oct 2022 ↗
• Second Stage 5 Oct 2022 ↗

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