asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs (a) the total payment in each of the years 1960 and 1961 to sub-postmasters for continuous telephone attendance and the number who gave such attendance in each year; (b) the number of continuous telephone exchanges attended to by sub-postmasters converted to automatic working during 1961; and (c) the number of sub-post office exchanges which warranted continuous telephone attendance for the first time during 1961.
Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. - Telephone Attendance Allowances to Sub-Postmasters.
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(a) I am unable to give the information requested in the first part of the question because it is not possible to separate payments for continuous telephone service from the other elements in a sub-postmaster's remuneration. The number of sub-postmasters who gave continuous telephone service was 244 in 1960 and 278 in 1961; (b) one; (c) thirty-five.