Dáil Éireann debate -
Thursday, 6 Dec 1979

Vol. 317 No. 6

Written Answers. - Telephone Service.

273.

Mr. Quinn

asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs the precise number of telephone connections made for each post office engineering district in the country; the number of connections that were made seven years ago, six years ago, five years ago, four years ago, three years ago, two years ago and one year ago in each district.

274.

Mr. Quinn

asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs the precise number of telephone applications for each post office engineering district in the country and the number of applications that have been on the waiting list for seven years, six years, five years, four years, three years, two years and one year in each district.

Minister for Posts and Telegraphs (Mr. Faulkner)

With the permission of the Ceann Comhairle, I propose to take Questions Nos. 273 and 274 together, and as the reply is in the form of tabular statements I propose, with the permission of the Ceann Comhairle, to circulate them with the Official Report.

Number of Telephone Connections in each Engineering District (30 September 1979)

Engineering District	Connections
`01' Area	206,356
Cork	47,867
Drogheda	30,323
Galway	23,984
Limerick	42,064
Portlaoise	24,961
Sligo	19,611
Waterford	32,709

Number of telephone connections made each year in each Engineering District since 1972

District	1972	1973	1974	1975	1976	1977	1978	1979*
`01' Area	11,941	12,852	12,712	15,697	17,131	17,943	14,409	6,881
Cork	2,952	3,327	3,202	3,994	4,181	4,453	5,031	2,420
Drogheda	1,995	2,652	2,694	2,814	3,065	3,372	3,423	1,783
Galway	1,460	1,696	1,911	2,500	2,213	2,411	2,599	1,879
Limerick	2,426	2,800	4,232	4,141	4,578	5,030	5,014	2,834
Portlaoise	1,540	2,083	1,958	2,271	2,474	2,742	2,893	1,204
Sligo	1,209	1,530	1,535	1,790	1,888	2,326	2,295	1,198
Waterford	2,069	2,503	2,414	3,198	3,211	3,362	3,465	2,036

*to end September

Number of waiting applications in each Engineering District by Year of application

District	1972	1973	1974	1975	1976	1977	1978	1979 (to end Sept.)	Total
`01' Area	—	7	253	1,170	2,010	4,920	11,510	10,940	30,810
Cork	1	9	40	220	780	2,250	4,660	2,530	10,490
Drogheda	—	5	60	325	650	1,340	3,230	2,330	7,940
Galway	9	21	60	370	510	1,130	2,600	1,640	6,340
Limerick	—	8	22	70	230	980	3,180	2,400	6,890
Portlaoise	—	9	6	95	170	500	1,550	1,300	3,630
Sligo	—	1	49	160	240	570	1,630	1,340	3,990
Waterford	—	4	26	180	430	810	2,420	1,920	5,790
Totals	10	64	516	2,590	5,020	12,500	30,780	24,400	75,880

Note: All the 1972 applications and many of the 1973 and 1974 applications involve an abnormal amount of construction work.