Plan to register prepaid phones

Madam, - The Government's plan to introduce registering of all new ready-to-go phones will no doubt create big problems for …

Madam, - The Government's plan to introduce registering of all new ready-to-go phones will no doubt create big problems for criminals who use them for illegal activities.

See how well the system of mandatory registering of firearms has ensured that the ownership of weapons is confined to upholders of the law. - Yours, etc,

COLMAN O'MAHONY, Bellevue Terrace, Monkstown, Co Cork.

Madam, - I wish the Government would impose a levy on those mobile phone calls that start with "I'm on the Luas/Dart/bus/train" and end with: "Know what I mean?".

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Pay-as-you-go would then have some meaning for the unfortunate passive listeners. - Yours, etc,

PATRICK O'BYRNE, Shandon Crescent, Dublin 7.