asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs the number of applicants awaiting telephone service in Monalea estate, Firhouse, County Dublin; and when service will be provided.
Written Answers. - Telephone Service.
218.
The number is about 120. It is expected that service will be provided during the second half of 1981.
219.
asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs the number of applicants awaiting telephone service in the Watergate estate, Tallaght, County Dublin; and when service will be provided.
The number is 27. Because of the volume of other engineering work requiring attention at present it is unlikely that service will be provided for at least another year.
220.
asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs the number of applicants awaiting telephone service in the Old Bawn estate, Tallaght, County Dublin; and when service will be provided.
There are eight applicants awaiting service in this estate. It is expected that service will be provided in the first quarter of 1981.
221.
asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs the number of applicants awaiting telephone service in South West Cork; and the average waiting time between application and installation.
The number is approximately 1,500. The average waiting time of applications on the waiting list is about 19 months.
222.
asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs the number of applicants awaiting telephone service in the Springfield/Ratheen estate, Tallaght, County Dublin; and when service will be provided.
223.
asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs the number of applicants awaiting telephone service in the Virginia Heights estate, Tallaght, County Dublin; and when service will be provided.
224.
asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs the number of applicants awaiting telephone service in the Killinarden estate, Tallaght, County Dublin; and when service will be provided.
With the permission of the Ceann Comhairle, I propose to take Questions Nos. 222, 223 and 224 together.
The numbers of applicants awaiting telephone service in the areas mentioned are approximately as follows: Springfield/Raheen, 60; Virginia Heights, 47; Killinarden, 116.
It is expected that service will be provided for almost all of these by the end of this year.
225.
asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs the number of applicants awaiting telephone services in the Millbrook Lawns estate and Glenview estate, Tallaght, County Dublin, and when service will be provided.
There are eight applicants awaiting service in Millbrook Lawns estate and eleven in Glenview, Tallaght, County Dublin. It is expected that service will be provided in the first quarter of 1981.
226.
asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs when Moneygall telephone exchange, County Offaly, is to become automatic for the subscribers in the Moneygall/Dunkerrin area; and when the new exchange in Moneygall is going to be built.
It is expected that the exchange building for Moneygall will be provided by mid-1981 and that the change-over to automatic working will take place in the first half of 1983.
227.
asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs the reason for the continuing delay in meeting the application for a telephone service by a person (details supplied) in Dublin; and if he will outline the reason other applicants in the same area who applied later have had a working telephone service installed.
The delay arose because the cable to serve the applicant was found to be faulty when service was being provided. The cable has now been repaired and service has been provided. It was possible however to provide service for other applicants in the area whose cables were satisfactory.
228.
asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs if he is aware of the very poor telephone service available on Oileán Cléire, County Cork; and if he has any plans for its improvement.
The radio link connecting the manual exchange on the island to the mainland has been proving increasingly difficult to maintain in a condition that would ensure an acceptable standard of service. Arrangements are in hand, therefore, to replace the existing link and it is expected that work on the new link, which will enable a much better service to be provided, will be completed by mid 1981.
It is planned to convert the existing manual exchange to automatic working in 1982.