asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs if he will state, in relation to the Llewellyn Estate, Ballinteer, Dublin 16, (a) the number of outstanding applications for telephone service; (b) the date of the earliest such application; (c) the number of such applications prior to 1 January, 1978; (d) the number of telephones installed to date; and (e) when the remainder of the applicants can expect service.
Written Answers. - Telephone Service.
475.
(a) 100; (b) August 1976; (c) 45; (d) One; (e) In about a year's time.
476.
asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs the approximate distance from the furthest house in the Llewellyn Estate, Ballinteer, Dublin 16, to the nearest public telephone kiosk.
477.
asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs if—and when—he will supply a public telephone for the inhabitants of the Llewellyn Estate, Ballinteer, Dublin 16; and if the line currently used by the contractor on the site can be made available for this purpose.
I propose, with the permission of the Ceann Comhairle, to take Questions Nos. 476 and 477 together.
The distance from the furthest house in Llewellyn Estate to the nearest existing telephone kiosk at Broadford Walk is approximately 1.4 miles. It is planned to provide two additional kiosks to serve the needs of the Ballinteer area, including Llewellyn Estate. One, at Grange Wood Estate, will be provided shortly when the necessary cable becomes available and the other, at Broadford Drive, as soon as possible after local authority consent to a suitable site has been obtained. The use of the contractor's line in the Llewellyn Estate does not arise.