1654. Deputy Noel Grealish asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the steps he will take to end the use of 1890 and 1850 numbers for contacting State agencies and other public bodies, which are resulting in additional costs to customers with free call phone packages to normal landline numbers by as much as 35 cent a minute; the further steps he will take to have these numbers phased out altogether here or, alternatively, enter discussions with phone service providers to force them to treat these calls the same way as landline calls in their pricing structures; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24693/16]

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1654. Deputy Noel Grealish asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the steps he will take to end the use of 1890 and 1850 numbers for contacting State agencies and other public bodies, which are resulting in additional costs to customers with free call phone packages to normal landline numbers by as much as 35 cent a minute; the further steps he will take to have these numbers phased out altogether here or, alternatively, enter discussions with phone service providers to force them to treat these calls the same way as landline calls in their pricing structures; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24693/16]

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