asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs the number of telephones per thousand persons in this country at the latest date for which information is available and, provided the information is available to him, the number of telephones per thousand persons in the United States, Great Britain, Northern Ireland and each of the countries of the European Economic Community.
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With your permission, a Cheann Comhairle, I propose to circulate with the Official Report the information sought, so far as it is available to me, in the form of a tabular statement.
Following is the statement:—
NUMBER of Telephones per 1,000 Population on the 1st January, 1961.
|
County |
Telephones per 1,000 |
|
Ireland |
53.4 (See Note 2) |
|
United States of America |
408.0 |
|
Great Britain and Northern Ireland |
156.9 (See Note 3) |
|
Belgium |
|
|
Federal Republic of Germany |
107.1 |
|
France |
95.3 |
|
Italy |
78.0 |
|
Luxembourg |
163.1 |
|
Nethernland |
139.6 |
NOTES:—
(1) The comparative figures are derived from The World's Telephones 1961 published by the American Telephone and Telegraph Company.
(2) The corresponding figure on 30 June, 1962 was 60.5.
(3) Separate figures for Northern Ireland are not available.