asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs if he is now in a position to indicate when a telephone will be installed in the suboffice at Rathdangan, County Wicklow, so that the inhabitants of that area can avail of the facilities afforded by the telephone system.
Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. - Telephone Services.
asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs if he will consider having a telephone installed at Lissatava Post Office, Hollymount, County Mayo.
asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs what progress has been made regarding the application for the installation of a telephone at Kildimo Post Office and when the telephone is likely to be available.
asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs whether a telephone will be installed at Ballingrane Post Office, County Limerick.
asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs whether his Department propose to install a telephone at Croagh Post Office, County Limerick.
asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs whether he is aware that officials of his Department examined the proposal to arrange for a telephone service to Cromane, County Kerry; and, if so, whether he is now in a position to make an announcement in the matter.
I propose, with your permission, to answer the questions numbered 40, 41, 42, 43, 44 and 45 together.
Public telephones will be installed at Kildimo, County Limerick; Ballingrane, County Limerick; Croagh, County Limerick; Cromane, County Kerry; Lissatava, County Mayo; and Rathdangan, County Wicklow, as part of the scheme to provide such facilities to all post offices. Work on the scheme, however, has had to be suspended temporarily in favour of more urgent work—particularly the provision of telephones for waiting applicants— and, accordingly, it is not possible to say at present when the installations will be carried out at the offices mentioned.