asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs the number of old age pensioners living alone who have applied for telephone service; and if he intends to accord a priority rating to these applications.
Written Answers. - Telephone Service.
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About 600 applications for telephones have been received under the telephone subsidy scheme for old age pensioners living alone announced recently by the Minister for Social Welfare. A measure of priority will be afforded where practicable to applicants who qualify under the scheme.
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asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs if he will arrange for the provision of telephone kiosks at Islandeady, Keelogues and Park, Castlebar, County Mayo.
It is planned to provide a kiosk at Park in replacement of the call office telephone in the post office. The kiosk will be erected as soon as possible after a suitable site has been selected and the necessary consents obtained.
The use made of the call office telephone in Islandeady post office is not sufficient to warrant provision of a kiosk there.
Kiosks are not provided in places such as Keelogues where there is no post office.