asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs when a telephone service will be provided for an applicant (details supplied) in County Galway.
Written Answers. - Telephone Service.
240.
There is no record of receipt of an application from the person named. An application has now been recorded and it is expected that service will be offered shortly after the conversion of the local exchange to automatic working about the middle of next year.
241.
asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs when a telephone service will be provided for an applicant (details supplied) in County Galway.
It is expected that service will be offered to this applicant shortly after the conversion of the local exchange to automatic working about the middle of next year.
242.
(Cavan-Monaghan) asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs if he is aware that a number of applicants in the Loch Gowna postal and telephone district of County Cavan have been on the waiting list for telephones for six years; if he will have the installation of telephones in this area expedited; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
It is expected that the older applications will be met early next year. Because of the volume of engineering work on hands in the district it is unlikely that service will be provided for the remaining applicants for at least another year.
243.
asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs when he intends to grant free telephone service to a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; if he will refund the two payments of £14 and £17 which she has made since she applied for the free telephone service.
The Department of Social Welfare have notified my Department that this subscriber is eligible for benefit under the Free Telephone Rental Allowance Scheme. The rental paid will be refunded.
244.
asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs the reason for the delay in the reconnection of a telephone service for a business (details supplied) in County Cork as the application was lodged on 22 May 1980; and when this reconnection will take place.
It is expected that service will be provided within the next month. The delay occurred because of the volume of work on hands.
245.
asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs when a telephone service will be provided for a person (details supplied) in County Galway who is an old age pensioner.
About the end of next year.
246.
asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs when the Kinvara area of County Galway will have an automatic telephone service.
In mid-1981.
247.
asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs the reason for the delay in providing a telephone service for a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and when service will be provided.
The delay in providing service has been due to a shortage of switching equipment at Youghal exchange which switches calls for the local exchange involved. Additional switching equipment has been provided and the waiting applications in the Youghal area are being cleared progressively. It is expected that service will be provided for this applicant about the middle of next year.