Speaking after the EU
Commission announced its ambitious plans to scrap mobile phone roaming charges
across Europe, SDLP Derg Candidate Marie Ash welcomed the measures as a particular
benefit for her border constituency of Derg.
Marie said: "I am
delighted the EU Commission has decided to move forward with plans to scrap
mobile phone roaming charges across Europe. This will undoubtedly benefit many
member states and, especially, here in the North of Ireland.
"The people of the Derg
particularly will benefit from these changes being a border area as many people
incur high roaming charges, even when they are still at home due to the
closeness of County Donegal."
"For a number of years
the SDLP has been calling for an all-island tariff to deal with the high costs
our constituents are suffering in the North; either due to close proximity to
the border or from travelling to southern counties at weekends."
"While I welcome the
EU's move to bring forward these measures by 2016, I will be working closely
with my SDLP colleagues in Stormont and Westminster, to ensure these measures
are enacted here as soon as possible. In the interim, I will be calling on the
Executive to work with our counterparts in the Republic to bring forward an
all-island tariff to serve the people of Ireland in the immediate future."
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