asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs if he has any proposals to change the regulations whereby public telephone kiosks are erected only outside existing sub-post offices in rural areas, where the local authority will not act as guarantor for such kiosks.
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: When speaking on the Telephone Capital Bill in the Dáil on 12 October last, I stated that I was having an examination made of the arrangements for provision of rural kiosks to see whether they could be improved. A detailed statistical study has been carried out and the result is being studied. I hope to be in a position to make a statement in the matter in the not too distant future.
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asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs if he will authorise the employment of additional labourers in County Mayo, to expedite installations and reduce the long waiting list.
: The employment of additional labourers in County Mayo is under consideration.