asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs if he will state in relation to County Wicklow for each year from and including 1957 to date (a) the number of new telephones installed, and (b) the number of outstanding applications for telephones.
Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. - County Wicklow Telephone Applications.
79.
As the reply is in the form of a tabular statement I propose, with your permission, a Cheann Comhairle, to have it included in the Official Report.
The numbers are as follows:—
|
(a) |
1957 |
200 |
|
1958 |
270 |
|
|
1959 |
270 |
|
|
1960 |
400 |
|
|
1961 |
390 |
|
|
1962 |
350 |
|
|
1963 |
370 |
|
|
To date in |
1964 |
70 |
|
(b) |
1957 |
Nil |
|
1958 |
Nil |
|
|
1959 |
Nil |
|
|
1960 |
2 |
|
|
1961 |
25 |
|
|
1962 |
37 |
|
|
1963 |
112 |
|
|
1964 |
79 |
The figures given under (b) do not include 47 applications which will be cleared in the next few months.
The 1960 and many of the 1961 applications involve heavy construction work.